British Coins, Countermarked Issues
Elizabeth I, second issue, shilling, mm. martlet (1560-61), bust 1B, large bust, head thrust forward, with beaded straps, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA:, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, wt. 6.27gms. (S.2555A; N.1985; Brown & Comber 1B), polished, weak in places, otherwise very fine, reverse better, a very rare bust for this mintmark
Acquired from R. Shuttlewood, 1983.
Collector’s note: ‘Extremely rare Bust 2. Unrecorded die with colon after REGINA’.
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Elizabeth I, second issue, shilling, mm. martlet (1560-61), bust 1B, large bust, head thrust forward, with beaded straps, ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA:, rev. long cross fourchée over square shield, wt. 6.27gms. (S.2555A; N.1985; Brown & Comber 1B), polished, weak in places, otherwise very fine, reverse better, a very rare bust for this mintmark
Acquired from R. Shuttlewood, 1983.
Collector’s note: ‘Extremely rare Bust 2. Unrecorded die with colon after REGINA’.
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