<Table> Six old pence <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Value </Th> <Td> 6 pence sterling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mass </Th> <Td> ( 1816 -- 1970 ) 2.83 ( 2016 -- ) 3.35 g </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Diameter </Th> <Td> ( 1816 -- 1970 2016 -- ) 19.41 mm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Edge </Th> <Td> Milled </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Composition </Th> <Td> ( 1551 -- 1816 ) Silver ( 1816 -- 1920 ) 92.5 % Ag ( 1920 -- 1946 ) 50 % Ag ( 1947 -- 1970 Cupronickel ( 2016 -- ) 92.5 % Ag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years of minting </Th> <Td> 1551 -- 1970 2016 - Present ( not as circulating coin ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Obverse </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Profile of the monarch ( Elizabeth II design shown ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designer </Th> <Td> Mary Gillick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 1953 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Reverse </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Various ( floral design shown ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designer </Th> <Td> Edgar Fuller and Cecil Thomas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 1947 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> Six old pence <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Value </Th> <Td> 6 pence sterling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mass </Th> <Td> ( 1816 -- 1970 ) 2.83 ( 2016 -- ) 3.35 g </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Diameter </Th> <Td> ( 1816 -- 1970 2016 -- ) 19.41 mm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Edge </Th> <Td> Milled </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Composition </Th> <Td> ( 1551 -- 1816 ) Silver ( 1816 -- 1920 ) 92.5 % Ag ( 1920 -- 1946 ) 50 % Ag ( 1947 -- 1970 Cupronickel ( 2016 -- ) 92.5 % Ag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years of minting </Th> <Td> 1551 -- 1970 2016 - Present ( not as circulating coin ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Obverse </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Profile of the monarch ( Elizabeth II design shown ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designer </Th> <Td> Mary Gillick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 1953 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Reverse </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Various ( floral design shown ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designer </Th> <Td> Edgar Fuller and Cecil Thomas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 1947 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the sixpence go out of circulation
when did the sixpence go out of circulation
1970
1970