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Obverse: Crowned bust left; Tudor rose to right.
Reverse: Coat of arms over long cross fourchée.
Issuer: Elizabeth I, Tudor Queen of England (1558-1603).
Specifications: Silver sixpence , 24.5 mm approx., 3.07 g, 12h. Tower mint, London (eglantine mintmark).
Grade: PCGS VF35; cert. #37529047.
Reference: PCGS-517136, Numista-52475, BCW EG-2/EWG-f; North 1997; SCBC 2563.*
Provenance: ex-Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 446, 19 June 2019, with notation "From the WCN Collection. Ex Spink 199 (25 June 2009), lot 491 (part of)."*
Notes: the storied Elizabethan era is one of the most colorful periods in world history, when England (not yet Great Britain, despite how PCGS labeled the slab) was just beginning to become a world power.
Comments: I had been wanting an Elizabeth I halfgroat or sixpence with a date on it for some time (Elizabethan shillings were undated). I also wanted a particular look, with greyish contrasting toning and a decent portrait, and had little success in finding one that was just right, at the right price, until this one came along.
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Collection : Ancient & Medieval Coins (to 1600 AD)