Watch List notes:

A COLLECTION OF BRITISH COINS, HAMMERED GOLD, Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Gold Half-Pound of Ten Shillings, First to Fourth Issues (1559-1578), ornate crowned bust left, beaded circles surrounding, initial mark cross crosslet (1561-1565), pellet stops both sides, ELIZABETH:. D'. G'. ANG'. FR'. ET. HI'. REGINA, rev crowned quartered shield of arms, E to left, R to right, beaded circle surrounding, SCVTVM: FIDEI: PROTEGET: EAM, outer beaded circle surrounding both sides, 5.55g (Schneider 738; N 1982; S 2520). A little tooled and smoothed by facial profile and once cleaned, hairline scratch at lower part of the shield, some tooling in reverse fields, otherwise very fine with a stronger reverse.
ex Grantham Coins, purchased 1 August 1989

Estimate: £2000-2500