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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 7520942, member: 4910&quot;]By coincidence I also have an Elizabeth Sixpence dated 1561 and bought it several years ago for this reason:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_england_elizabeth_sixpence_1561.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>England Silver Sixpence 1561 Elizabeth I</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Crowned bust of Elizabeth facing left with a rose behind her head</p><p>ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA followed by a downward arrow mintmark</p><p>(Elizabeth by the Grace of God, England, France and Ireland, Queen)</p><p>Reverse: Shield with arms (lions and fleurs-de-lis) and long cross behind</p><p>POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV (I have made God my Helper)</p><p>Size: 27mm Weight: 2.75gm</p><p>Tower Mint, Downward Arrow (a &quot;pheon&quot;) mintmark, above the Queen&#039;s head</p><p><br /></p><p>The English pirate Sir Francis Drake supposedly landed on the coast of Northern California in 1579 and supposedly left a brass plate with an inscription claiming the land for England and Queen Elizabeth along with an Elizabeth sixpence.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1936 a hiker found a brass plate and brought it to a Professor Bolton of the University of California at Berkeley. Bolton was convinced that the plate was left by Drake and convinced some friends to buy it from Shinn for $3,000, a large amount at the time. Bolton had the plate authenticated by metal experts and for years it was displayed as supposedly proof of Drake&#039;s landing. Copies were given to dignitaries, including England&#039;s current Queen Elizabeth.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_bancroft_drakeplate.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The infamous Drake &quot;Plate of Brasse&quot;, on display at the Bancroft Library</p><p><br /></p><p>Some had doubts about the plate&#039;s authenticity from the start, and in the 1970&#039;s with better analysis techniques, it was conclusively determined to be a manufactured modern-made hoax.</p><p><br /></p><p>A historian published an article in 2002 with the details, the plate was manufactured by three members of a historical club, <i>E Clampus Vitus</i> (ECV), who wanted to play a joke on Professor Bolton.</p><p><br /></p><p>My father brought me to the Bancroft Library in the 1950&#039;s and I remember seeing the plate then in a display case in the lobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>The plate is still there but now with an explanation of the hoax and a copy of an <i>E Clampus Vitus</i> magazine.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_bancroft_ecvmagazine.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>E Clampus Vitus</i> magazine</p><p><br /></p><p>I just had to have an Elizabeth sixpence.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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