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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 557

NGC UNC | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, "Crown Gold", Pound of 20-Shillings, 9 May 1594 - 13 February 1596, Tower, (m.m) ELIZABETH .' D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HI .' REGINA • crowned bust left, with flowing hair, wearing elaborate bodice, rev. (m.m) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM • annulet stops, crowned and garnished shield, dividing E-R, 11.168g, 8h, m.m. woolpack (Schneider I, 799; Brown & Comber F8; cf. Spink Auction 16, 9-10 July 1981, lot 525 same dies; North 2008; S.2534), two die flaws before the chest and slight doubling to the obverse legend, otherwise a handsomely uniform strike and lustrous, a most pleasing extremely fine, truly beautiful and very rare so wholesome and fine as this!, in NGC holder, exceptionally harshly graded UNC Details ~ Cleaned (Cert. #8220520-001)

Provenance

The "Estafefette No. 21" Collection of Ancient, English and World Coins

D'Amelia', Spink 91, 1 May 1992, lot 27 [recte] - 'two small die flaws in field, otherwise practically as struck, extremely fine and rare' - £2,400 [with this distinctive ticket]

Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1963, no. 3046 - "a magnificent specimen, round, well centred and well struck, very rare thus" - £200.0.0




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Starting price
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