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Auction: 22096 - The "St Albans" Collection of English Gold Coins
Lot: 7

The St. Albans Collection of English Gold Coins | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Issue, 'Crown Gold' [.917 Fine], Half-Pound of 10-Shillings, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' Z . HIB .' REG .', wire line inner circles, crowned bust 1B left, wearing beaded bodice, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGE'. EAM, crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 5.56g, 10h, m.m. lis (Brown and Comber G4 = [British Museum]; Schneider I, 737, same reverse die}; North 1982; Spink 2519), a faint trace of creasing otherwise of full flan, crisply struck and extremely rare, perhaps only this and one other known to commerce

Provenance
'A Distinguished Collection', purchased en bloc via Spink, August 2018

R Richardson, 'New Year' FPL, 2012, no. 43 [and COVERS] - "there are only six known specimens, two in the British Museum reading REG and REGIN, two in Schneider, reading REGIN and REGINA, and one in a well-known private collection [Comber], reading REGINA. The one which I offer is therefore believed to be the only one with this reading available to collectors, of the highest rarity [R7] and virtually extremely fine" - £45,000

"Found a foot down on a tow path"



NGC adjudicated this coin as having 'Altered Surfaces'

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Sold for
£30,000

Starting price
£12000