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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 45

xElizabeth I (1558-1603), second issue, Half-pound, 5.59g., bust 3C, neat crowned bust left, incuse dots on dress between plain straps, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HI REGINA, three pellets after REGINA, rev. crowned square shield dividing E R, m.m. cross-crosslet (c.f. Schneider 738; N.1982; S.2520), lightly cleaned on face, otherwise a crisp round coin, good very fine Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 PROVENANCE:Glendining, 19 March 1969, lot 12Sheffield Collection, Spink Noble Numismatics sale 43, 17 November 1993, lot 2696Three pellets after ELIZABETH is a feature which occurs on the early silver shillings of this issue

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