Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Silver, Second period [24 October 1561 to December 1571, contemporary with Third hammered issue], Sixpence, 1567, mm. lis, small bust F, plainer dress, reads hi regi, curly z in elizabeth, 2.90g/8h (Borden/Brown 37, O1/R1; N 2030; S 2599); together with a base metal electrotype of the obv. of a Halfgroat, bust A, taken from the British Museum specimen (Borden/Brown 20, O2 [B26]; Grueber 523) [2]. First counterstamped n in obverse field and with a quatrefoil on reverse, has been creased, otherwise fair, unusual; second much as made £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Elizabeth I from the Collection Formed by Walter Wilkinson.

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Provenance: First bt J. Gariock May 1997; second from C.H. Comber August 2002.

The vendor’s ticket speculates that the countermarks may relate to Nuremberg