Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth and Seventh issue, Halfpence (12), no mm., 0.24g/11h, mm. A, 0.27g/1h, mm. escallop, 0.25g/12h, mm. crescent, 0.25g/11h, mm. hand, 0.21g/1h, mm. tun, 0.28g/1h, mm. woolpack, 0.27g/11h, mm. key, 0.26g/11h, mm. anchor, 0.23g/1h, mm. 0, 0.37g/11h, mm. 1, 0.25g/11h, mm. 2, 0.24g/1h (BCW BL-1, A-1, SC-2, CS-2, HA-2, TN-1, WK-2, KY-2, AN-1, 0-1, 1-1, 2-1; N 2018; S 2581, 2588) [12]. A complete set of marks, mostly good fine to very fine, some rare or very rare
£400-£600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of Elizabeth I from the Collection Formed by Walter Wilkinson.

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Provenance: First exchanged with C.H. Comber January 1988; second bt Charing Cross Market June 2004; third and fourth DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 602 (part); fifth bt Spink September 1996; sixth bt M. Vosper March 2000; seventh DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 603 (part); eighth Patrick Finn FPL 17, September 1999 (304); ninth bt J. Philpotts November 2010; tenth bt J. Cummings August 1996; eleventh bt Baldwin August 1987; twelfth bt F.J. Rist June 1996.

The type without mintmark was issued 1582-3 during the period of mm. bell.