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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 525

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), (2) Shillings, including Sixth Issue, Pattern 'Finework', c. 1596, a British Museum Electrotype after Charles Anthony, (m.m.) ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET HIB .' REGI, crowned fine work bust 5 left, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM . MEV .' plain square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 4.40g [68.0grns], 7h, m.m. key [large / small] (cf. BCW KY-4C:KY-c2; cf. Brown & Comber P4; cf. North 2044), edges smoothed to remove casting line, and the a clear 'MB' stamp in fourth quarter, a faithful and 'official' British Museum 19th Century electrotype, a bolder very fine and affordable gap filler; and, 1590-1592, Tower [Lower House], (m.m.) ELIZAB .' D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET . HIB .' REGI .' narrow beading, crowned bust 6B left, decorated bodice, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM : MEV .' narrow beading, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 6.03g [93.0grns], 3h, m.m. hand (North 2014; Spink 2577), ragged and furled edges, metal stressing to shield, some doubling in legend, toning to peripheries, almost very fine (2)

Provenance

i) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1992 - £90


- The success of Charles Anthony's portraits on the Crown Gold denominations reintroduced in 1593, led to further experiments with similar portraits on the silver, a series of handsome Pattern Shillings being produced under the Key pyx-mark (c. 1596), but these portraits were sadly never adopted.
ii) 'IF', by private treaty, 1993 - £40

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Sold for
£580

Starting price
£100