Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Milled coinage, gold Crown, mm. star, bust A [1561], 2.68g/6h (Borden & Brown 7 [O1/R1]; N 2020/1; S 2544). Flan a little crimped, otherwise very fine and extremely rare; considered by some to be a pattern £8,000-£10,000

R.D. Beresford-Jones Collection, Spink Auction 29, 2 June 1983, lot 79; Walter Wilkinson Collection, DNW Auction 148, 18 September 2018, lot 487