British Coins, Countermarked Issues

Elizabeth I, second issue, shilling, mm. cross crosslet (1560-61), beaded inner circles, bust 3B, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, wt. 5.99gms. (S.2555; N.1985; Brown & Comber 3B), good portrait, a find coin, some minor scratches, otherwise almost extremely fine, rare bust type
Purchased Studio Coins, 1996.
Collector’s note: ‘R. C. Lockett did not have bust 8 on crosslet, BM does not have the reading’.