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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 118

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Pound [of 20-Shillings], Sixth Issue, Tower, crowned bust 7A left, wearing elaborate dress with ornate bodice, m.m. lion and tun/tun, 11.13g [171.8grns], 7h (Schneider I, 797, same dies; North 2008; Spink 2534), slightly irregular flan, otherwise well struck, with a hint of ochre tone, good very fine, the double pyx mintmark very rare

The Lion and Tun double mintmark for the Trial of the Pyx ceremony marks the first issue of Pounds struck between June 1593 and May 1594. Auction records would suggest that approximately twelve specimens are currently extant.



Provenance

The David Wolfson Collection

Purchased Spink, November 1974 - £2,500

'Ex Douass collection'


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Sold for
£18,000

Starting price
£14000