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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 678

(x) NGC AU58 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third 'Restoration' Coinage, Seventh Issue, Pound [of 20-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 14 May 1602 - 24 March 1603), Tower (London), (m.m.) : ELIZABETH • D .' G .' ANG .' FRA .' ET • HIB .' REGINA •, crowned bust left, rev. (m.m.) : SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM • pellet stops, colon before SCVTVM, crowned shield of arms, E-R at sides, 11.088g [171.11grns], 11h, m.m. 2 (Schneider I, 806; North 2008; S.2539), some brightness and with overt doubling to reverse shield resulting in softly struck hair, nevertheless a beautifully 'fresh' strike with appealing honey-orange tone in recesses, the devices bolder than very fine, the peripheries extremely fine, the mintmark excessively rare being the last of Gloriana's fêted reign, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8534362-013)

Provenance

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


Spink 65, 5 October 1988, lot 1019 - £1,450



https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8534362-013/58/

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Sold for
£35,000

Starting price
£8000