England (1560-61) 4 pence

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 20568

This specimen was lot 20568 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $1,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Groat, ND (1560-61). Elizabeth I (1558-1603). PCGS EF-45 Secure Holder. RARE. Small faced bust with ornate dress, star mintmarks. A testament to the superiority of this early milled coinage over its hand struck counterparts. Perfectly clear legends and minute detail in the bust and dress with the queen's determined visage fully defined. Deeply toned peripheries which gets lighter towards the center. A very desirable example." The hammered version is S-2556.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32 grains (2.07 g), 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2601; N-2032.

Source:

^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.

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