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Auction: 4026 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 155

Elizabeth I, fifth issue, Pound, 11.14g., bust 8A, crowned bust left with long hair and richly ornamented dress, rev., crowned square-topped shield with e r at sides, pellet/annulet stops, m.m. woolpack (Brown & Comber F8; c.f. Schneider 799; N.2008; S.2534), struck from a worn obverse die, weak above queen's forehead, otherwise full, with a pleasing golden/red tone, very fine Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Glendining, 26 February 1975, lot 6

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