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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 671

(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Sixth Issue, Gold Crown [of 5-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 10 June 1593 - 8 May 1594), Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZAB '• D '. G '• ANG •' FRA •' ET • HIB REGI', crowned and elaborately decorated bust left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM • crowned square-topped and lightly garnished shield dividing E-R, 2.822g [43.55grns], 6h, m.m. tun (Schneider I, 815; North 2010; S.2536), a scarcely perceptible hairline scratch behind crown, otherwise a most handsome strike accentuated by golden and lustrous hues, extremely fine, a splendid cabinet piece, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8536700-011)

Provenance

The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins


Spink 63, 28-29 March 1988, lot 210* - £720



Spink 31, 12 October 1983, lot 152* - £1,350



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8536700-011/NGCDetails/

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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£3000