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Auction: 3024 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins
Lot: 32

Elizabeth I, Pattern Penny, 1.96g., 1601, in copper, crowned bust three-quarters left, wearing elaborate dress and ruff, the pledge of, rev. crowned monogram of Elizabeth dividing date, a penny (Brown and Comber P8; BMC 4; N.2051), a gemlike coin, the portrait expressive and delicately engraved, in mint state with a deep chocolate tone, excessively rare in copper Estimate £4,000-5,000 provenance: W Brice, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1887 H Montagu, Sotheby, 7 May 1888, lot 256 J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 31 March 1903, lot 675 J O Manton, Sotheby, 10 February 1947, lot 69 R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2059 Peck recorded six known specimens in copper, including those in the British Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

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