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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 870

Elizabeth I, seventh issue, 1600-1602, Crown, 29.45g, m.m. 2, bust crowned left, holding sceptre and orb, rev. lightly garnished shield over long cross fourchée (N.2012; S.2582A), flan edge crack at 7 o´clock, attractive even grey tone, exceptional detail with bold portrait, possibly the finest known example of this coin, with the rare 2 mintmark fifty times less frequent than the 1 mintmark, extremely fine Estimate £ 12,000-15,000 provenance Whetmore, Glendining, 14 July 1961, lot 10 SCMB July 1965, GB3, listed as ex Thorp and Whetmore, offered at £750-0-0

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