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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
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''Specification:'' silver.
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''Catalog reference:'' S-2607D.  
 
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* [[England (1600-01) 4 testerns|(1600-01) "portcullis" 4 testerns]]
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* [[England (1600-01) 2 testerns|(1600-01) 2 testerns]]
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* [[England (1600-01) crown Fr-216]]
 
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* [[England (1600)-O pound Fr-214|(1600)-O gold pound]]
 
* [[England (1600)-O pound Fr-214|(1600)-O gold pound]]
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* [[England (160)1 2 pence|(160)1 halfgroat]]
 
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* [[England (160)1 1/2 crown|(160)1 half crown]]

Latest revision as of 12:51, 29 October 2025

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 20302
England SB118-20302r.jpg

This specimen was lot 20302 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Portcullis Testern, ND (ca. 1600). Elizabeth I (1558-1603). PCGS VF-25 Secure Holder. Mintmark 'O'. RARE short lived type, struck only in 1600/01 for trade in the East Indies. A few weak spots typical of hammered coinage but never mounted, plugged, or clipped. Nice legends on both sides, nicely toned."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.4 g, silver.

Catalog reference: S-2607D.

Source:

  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
  • 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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