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Description: | 1594-1596 Elizabeth I hammered silver halfgroat, Fifth issue. Length 17.0mm, Width 15.8mm, Thickness 0.7mm, Diameter 17.0mm, Weight 1.1g, Obverse: Crowned, draped bust left, no rose but two pellets behind. E.DG.ROSA.SINE.SPINA. Reverse: Square shield on cross fourchee, no date above. CIVITAS LONDON. London mint, woolpack(124) mint mark, die axis 8 o'clock or 240 deg. Some wear, attractive silver colour, some corrosion products in the legend, particularly the obverse. Ref: Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2003, page 241, no.2579 and English Hammered Coinage Vol.2, 1991 re-print 2006, J.J.North, page 137, no.2016. Found in the same hole with a sixpence and a halfgroat. Treasure case 2008.
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