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6 & 7 April 2021

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Coins and Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 320

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6 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£140

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh issue, Halfpence (2), mm. 1 (?), 0.27g/11h, mm. 2, 0.24g/12h (BCW 1-1, 2-1; N 2018; S 2588) [2]. Second very fine, first nearly so £100-£150

Provenance: First Baldwin of St James’s Auction 5, 15 May 2017, lot 1155 (part); second bt M. Trenerry March 2018.

The mintmark on the first coin is not clear, although the late owner believed that the base of the 1 is visible. The portcullis is from a repaired punch, as on the coins of 1601-2