Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fifth issue, Sixpences (5), 1578/6 [?] (2), mm. Greek cross, 2.83g/8h, 2.61g/1h (BCW CR-2:CR-c), 1578/7, mm. Greek cross (over eglantine on rev.), 2.59g/5h (BCW CR-1:CR-b), 1578 (2), 2.81g/10h, 2.97g/8h, all bust 5A, read elizabeth d g ang fr et hi regina (BCW CR-2:CR-d1, 2; N 1997; S 2572) [5]. Mostly fine, last better £120-£150

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: Second bt R. Lobel June 2009; third bt R. Lobel May 1989; fourth bt R. Norbury January 1992; last bt P. Finn November 1998.

The first two coins, which are struck from the same reverse die, seem to show the 8 of the date punched over a 6. The late owner questioned the fact that the Greek cross mintmark shows no sign of being struck over eglantine, unlike the coins dated 1578/7