Watch List notes:

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Groat, 1.99g, First issue, 1559-60, m.m. lis, crowned bust left, wire-line and beaded inner circle, rev. shield over long cross fourchée, wire-line and beaded inner circle (B&C 1F; N.1986; S.2551), very small edge split around 5 o'clock and with evidence of creasing resulting in flan stress in front of bust, old scratches but this piece certainly with appeal and a good specimen of the type, toned, mostly full and evenly struck, a strong very fine, scarce.
Provenance:
Spink auction 208, 22-23 June 2011, lot 666
Clonterbrook Trust, Glendining, 7 June 1974, lot 149 (part)
R C Lockett, Pt.II, Glendining, 25-28 October 1955, lot 2022 (part)
H Montagu, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1620 November 1897, lot 294 (part) - With vintage ticket stating this provenance
(£200 - £300)