Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Groat, mm. martlet, bust 1F, wire-line and beaded inner circles, legend ends regina, 2.04g/4h (N 1986; S 2556), other Groats (2); together with Sixpences (3) [6]. First good fine but creased, others in varied state, one centrally pierced £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Halbert Carmichael Collection of British Coins.

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The piercing might have been officially done as part of the Great Recoinage of 1696-7