The Gary Oddie Collection of English Regal Shillings

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Pattern Shilling, undated [1561], in silver, mm. martlet, crowned bust 3B left, no inner circle, elizabeth d g ang f[ra e]t hib regina, rev. posvi devm adivtorem mevm, shield over long cross fourchée, 5.84g/3h (BCW MR-1A/MR-a; Borden/Brown 12 [O1/R1], this coin listed; Lockett 2044, same dies [= Noonans 277, 120]; N 2043). Crease marks, fair and toned, extremely rare; probably less than 10 specimens known £900-£1,200

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, The Gary Oddie Collection of English Regal Shillings.

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With Spink 1982; C.H. Comber Collection, Part II, St James’s Auction 48, 23 September 2021, lot 274.

These patterns, struck on hand-cut flans, are presumed to have been produced by workers engaged in striking hammered coins as a response to the early milled issues by Eloye Mestrelle. The punches used in preparing the dies have all been used on other hammered coins; in no case are hammered punches used on milled coins