Auction Catalogue

24 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part II)

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 3756

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24 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£9,000

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Pound of 20 Shillings, mm. key (over woolpack both sides), bust 8A, reads hib, 11.23g/8h (Brown/Comber F11 [= Lockett 1983]; cf. SCBI Schneider 800; N 2008; S 2534). Extremely fine with an exceptional portrait (£6,000-8,000)

Illustrated on the back cover. Superior to the Lockett specimen