Watch List notes:

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Pound (38mm, 11.24 g, 4h). Sixth issue. Tower (London) mint; im: O. Struck 1600. O ELIZABETH · D'· G'· ANG'· FRA'· ET · HIB'· REGINA ·, crowned bust left, wearing ruff / O SCVTVM · FIDEI · PROTEGET · EAM ·, crowned coat-of-arms; E R flanking. Brown & Comber F22; Schneider 804 var. (placement of im; same rev. die); North 2008; SCBC 2534. Slight weakness of strike on Queen's shoulder.. EF. A most attractive specimen with excellent surfaces, rare thus.


From the G.W. Trow Collection, purchased from M. Rasmussen, February 2009; R. C. Lockett Collection (English Part V, 17 October 1961), lot 4392; J. P. Morgan Collection; Sir John Evans Collection (purchased en bloc by Spink, 1915).