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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 114

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First 'Tentative' Coinage, Third and Fourth Issue [Crown Gold], Crown [of 5 Shillings], 1565, Tower, ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET : HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 1F left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTIVM . FIDEI . PROTEGET : EAM, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 2.76g [42.6grns], 2h, m.m. rose over crosslet/rose (cf. Schneider I, 749; Brown & Comber H6; North 1995; Spink 2522A), one or two creases and some edge chipping, surfaces somewhat dull from corrosion, specific variety not listed in Schneider, the overmark very rare, very fine or better

Provenance

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£750