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Auction: 23107 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 27: British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens Featuring the 'Leja Park' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 7151

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and Fourth Issues, Sixpence, 1561, Tower, crowned bust IF left, rose behind, rev. shield over long cross fourchée, 2.79g, 12h, m.m. pheon (North 1997; Spink 2560), lightly scuffed, otherwise the portrait pleasing, about very fine, scarce; additionally, Second Issue, Penny, 1560-1561, crowned bust left, rev. shield over long cross fourchée, 0.40g, 7h, m.m. cross crosslet (North 1988; Spink 2558), good very fine; additionally, Fifth Issue, Halfpenny, 1592-1595, portcullis, rev. long cross, pellets in angles, 0.23g, m.m. tun (North 2018; Spink 2581), extremely fine (3)

Provenance
i) SNC, October 2006, HS2613 - 'about VF, scarce' - £280
ii) Stanley Gibbons, by private treaty, 1976 - £15

Westminster School, Sotheby's, 26-27 May 1976
iii) SCMB, May 1979, E245 - £55 'Found at Chiswick, 1978'

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Estimate

Starting price
£220