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Auction: 367 - The NYINC Numismatic Collector's Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 295

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Portcullis Countermark Fourpence-Halfpenny, counterstamped on an Edward VI, Second Period, Shilling, MDXLIX [1549], Tower, on a 6oz. 2 dwt., crowned bust 3 right, rev. oval-garnished shield, 4.48g, 6h, m.m. swan (Spink 2546 [cf. 2466 for undertype]; N.1989; PAS DEV-FADD03 this coin; Comber 49), a small flan crimp at 4 o'clock and other compressions on portrait from soil deposition, otherwise toned, about very fine for issue, the countermark equally so, extremely rare, especially in this condition

provenance
Found Bishopsteignton (Devon), September 2020

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Sold for
$8,500

Starting price
$5000