Watch List notes:

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Issue, Shillings, 1559-1560, Tower, .916 Fine (2), ELIZABETH'. D.'G.' ANG.' FRA.' Z.' HIB.' REGINA.', crowned bust 2B left, rev. POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM . MEV .', square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.97g, 9h, m.m. lis; another, similar, rev. POSVI DEV .' ADIVTOREM MEVM, 5.83g, 6h, m.m. lis (North 1985; Spink 2549), light graffiti on reverse, usual striking weakness, about fine; the second scored and creased, toned, only good; additionally, Second Issue, Shillings, 1560-1561, Tower, .925 Fine (3), m.m. cross crosslet (2), ANG, FRA ET HI, 5.52g, 9h; another, ANG, FR ET HIB, 5.53g, 6h; lastly, ANG, FRA ET HI, m.m. martlet, 5.52g (North 1985; Spink 2555), the first and third polished and smoothed in fields, the third with an edge split, the second flat, generally fair (5).
Provenance
i) T Owen, 9 April 1993
ii) P Viola, Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham Coin Fair, 9 July 1993
iii), v) Purchased privately 24 July 1993
iv) R Norbury, Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham Coin Fair, 10 December 2000
Estimate: £100.00 - £130.00