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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 283

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second Issue, Shilling, 1560-1561, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D .' G .' ANG .' FR .' ET . HIB .' REGIN, crowned bust 1A left, pearl-beading on bodice, rev. (m.m.) POSVI DEV .' AD-IVTORE-M : MEV .' square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.93g [91.5grns], 8h, m.m. cross crosslet (BCW CC-2C/CC-a; North 1985; S.2555A), scratched and scuffed, otherwise lightly toned, fine or bolder

I. D. Brown, BNJ, 28, 44 (1955): "To distinguish the coins struck under the new commission, which were nominally of a higher standard, he changed the privy-mark to Cross Crosslet. In view of the queen's objection to her portrait on the shillings, the graver was set to work to produce a new punch and, until this was ready, busts 1 and 2 were again put back into service."

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Sold for
£160

Starting price
£80