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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2577026, member: 8959&quot;]Thank you, Orfew for your very kind words.</p><p>This is a very interesting thread you have started.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another coin related to Elizabeth I which might be of interest to this thread.</p><p>This is a shilling minted for her half brother Edward&nbsp; VI. </p><p><br /></p><p>Edward was Henry VII&#039;s son and only legitimate male heir, son of lady Jane Seymour. He succeeded his father on the throne on Henry&#039;s death in 1547. Edward was then only 9 years old, but died young at the age of 15. Edward was succeeded by his elder half-sister Mary (daughter of Henry VIII&#039;s first wife Catherine of Aragon).</p><p>Mary I Tudor died in 1558, clearing the way for her half-sister Elizabeth to become queen of England. Elizabeth I was to reign upon England for 45 years.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edward VI,</b> half brother of Elizabeth I:</p><p>Shilling, Tower mint, London 1549.</p><p>Mintmark arrow. S2466.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]558767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]558768[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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