Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Halfgroats (2), both mm. hand, bust 6E, read e d g rosa sine spina, normal mark of value, 0.96g/8h, 0.93g/5h (BCW HA-1:HA-a1, HA-1:HA-a2; N 2016; S 2579) [2]. First with crude ‘date’ countermark above shield, fair, second good fine or better £80-£100

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 A.M. Roberts September 2012; second J. Gardiner Collection, DNW Auction 91, 16 March 2011, lot 323 (part).

This rather unconvincing countermark may have been intended to convert the halfgroat to a threepence