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Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Milled coinage, Sixpence, 1566/5, mm. star, bust E, wide toothed border and rim, 2.96g/6h (Borden/Brown 36, O1/R1; N 2028; S 2598A). Somewhat creased, otherwise good fine or better £150-200

Borden and Brown describe the final digit of the date as being over an ‘indecipherable figure’. On this specimen the overdate certainly appears to be 6 over 5