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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 348

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth Issue, Tower (10), Shillings (3), 1582-1583, crowned bust 3B left, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 6.32g, 3h, m.m. A; another, similar, 1592-1594, bust 6A, 5.97g, 4h, m.m. tun; and, 1594-1596, 5.61g, 3h, m.m. woolpack (North 2014; S.2577), generally fine or better, the last richly toned but with historic surface marks behind bust; also, Sixpences (3), 1582, as before, reading ELIZAB, 2.93g, 5h; m.m. A (S.2578A); another, 1582, reading ELIZABETH, 2.87g, 2h, m.m. bell (S.2578); and, 1594, 2.83g, 9h, m.m. woolpack (North 2015; S.2578B), all toned, albeit variably, fair to fine; also, Halfgroats (3), 1584-1586, 1.08g, 11h, m.m. escallop; another, 1592-1594, 0.81g, 3h, m.m. tun; and, 1594-1596, 1.00g, 4h; m.m. woolpack (North 2016; S.2579), generally fair, some toned; lastly, Penny, 1595-1598, 0.42g, 11h, m.m. key (North 2017; S.2580), barely fair, but a very scarce pyx mark (10)

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The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins


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