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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 899

Elizabeth I, seventh issue 1601-02, Crown, 30.14g, m.m. 2, crowned bust left holding sceptre and orb, rev. shield over long cross fourchée (N.2012; S.2582), extremely fine, possibly one of the finest known and extremely rare in this condition Estimate £ 15,000-20,000 provenance Karon, Spink auction 129, 17 November 1998, lot 66 Inveruglas, Noble Numismatics Auction 48, 11 July 1995, lot 4435 The Crown with the rare mintmark 2 appears approximately 50 times less frequently than the only other Crown of Elizabeth with the mintmark 1.

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