Coins and Historical Medals

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh issue, Shillings (2), mm. 1, 5.93g/9h, mm. 2, 5.73g/12h, both bust 6B; Sixpence, 1602, mm. 2, bust 6C, 2.80g/6h (N 2014-15; S 2584-5) [3]. Fine or better, the second oddly and interestingly double- (or triple-[?]) struck
£150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the Collection of the late Richard Plant.

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On the mm. 2 shilling the obverse shows a reverse impression on a 5 o’clock axis to the portrait, while the reverse shows two impressions of the shield, the understrike on an 8 o’clock axis. How this could have happened is not entirely clear