Undated (C. 1659) Lord Baltimore Sixpence. Hodder 2-C, W-1060. Small Bust, No Stop. EF-45 (PCGS).,Silver gray with hints of rose, lavender and peach toning, this example shows smooth, trouble-free circulation wear and choice surfaces. Some minor detritus in the legends and shield points to this coins useful life in commerce, and a short scratch from upper left shield point is the only mark worthy of individually mention. Strike is bold and complete, but for a trifling softness at the 8 oclock obverse and 10 oclock reverse positions may point to a thin area in the planchet at that common point. Choice and original Lord Baltimore sixpence are highly elusive, a fact that the discovery of 19 pieces in a single English hoard over a decade ago did little to change. Few of those pieces showed this kind of strike, and none showed this sort of toning. At least one example of this type has been recovered in the ground in America (in southern Virginia), and many are well circulated, definitive proof that this type achieved its purpose of American circulation in the 17th century.,PCGS# 33. NGC ID: 2U3K.,,