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Description: | 1569. Elizabeth I, hammered silver sixpence. Length 26.2mm, Width 24.6mm, Thickness 0.8mm, Diameter 26.2mm, Weight 2.8g. Third or fourth coinage. Mint mark: Coronet (74) Mint Name: London. Die axis: 330 deg. or 11 o'clock. Obverse: Crowned bust left with rose behind. Inscription: ELIZABETH.DG.ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA Reverse: Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend. Inscription: POSUI DEV ADIVOREM MEV. Full flan with no sign of clipping but rather worn with dark grey and back surface tarnish. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 238 No. 2562 and English Hammered Coinage Vol. 2, J.J. North, Spink 1991 reprint 2006, page 134 No. 1997.
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