Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 676
(x) NGC AU | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mestrelle's Milled Issues, Gold Halfcrown, Upper House, Tower (London), (m.m.) ELIZABETH • D • G • ANG • FRA • ET • HIB • REGINA, crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI PROTEGET • EAM, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, edge plain, 1.401g [21.62grns], 6h, m.m. lys (Schneider 764; North 2021/2; S.2545), some field disturbance above crown where probably carefully removed from a mount, otherwise with an appealing ochre-orange tone, a pleasing very fine, the reverse bolder and very rare, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Almost Uncirculated (Cert. #8536701-003)
Provenance
The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins
A H Baldwin, by private treaty - £7,500
https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8536701-003/NGCDetails/
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Sold for
£8,000
Starting price
£8000