Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Sixpences (5), 1585 (2), both mm. escallop (over A on obv.), 3.18g/9h, 2.64g/11h (BCW SC-1:SC-c), 1586/5, mm. escallop (over A on obv. [?]), 2.49g/10h (BCW SC-1 (?):SC-d), 1587/6/5, mm. crescent over escallop, 2.82g/11h (BCW CS-1:CS-a), 1587/6, mm. crescent (over escallop on rev), 2.71g/6h, all bust 5A, read elizab d g ang fr et hib regi (BCW CS-2:CS-b; N 2015; S 2578A) [5]. Fair to fine or better, first quadruple pierced, some rare varieties £100-£120

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 Charing Cross Market February 1993; second bt C.H. Comber February 1987; third bt Paddington Coin Fair April 1990; fourth bt S.H. Monks November 1991; last bt Format November 1986