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Auction: 22007 - British and World Coins and Commemorative Medals Autumn Auction
Lot: 491

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Tentative Issue, 'Crown Gold', Half-Pound, 1 January 1561 - 31 August 1565, Tower, + ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET · HI .' REGINA, crowned bust 3C left, wearing decorated bodice, rev. + SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM •, crowned square-topped shield, dividing E-R, 5.62g, 2h, m.m. cross-crosslet (Schneider I, 738; Brown & Comber G6; North 1982; Spink 2520), very small flan split at edge to G of ANG and a scarcely-perceptible crease running through flan from 3 to 9 o'clock, otherwise pleasingly struck-up and handsomely uniform across key devices, a pleasingly bold very fine, scarce in this honest state

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Sold for
£6,000

Starting price
£2600