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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1187226, member: 19463&quot;]I have owned a low grade sixpence of Queen Elizabeth I for decades (bottom coin).&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure why I found it appealing so long ago and still do.&nbsp; I even loaned it out twice to brides looking for a sixpence for their shoe.&nbsp; The coin show Friday brought my way a less worn but damaged coin (top) which some might or might not consider an upgrade. It is, in fact, a completely different coin far beyond the four year difference in their dates.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector of ancient/medieval coins I often tell people that I do not collect machine made coins but this coin makes me a liar.&nbsp; It was the product of a horse powered press tested and rejected during the reign of Elizabeth.&nbsp; The mint went back, for just a few years, to the crude but faster hammered coin method leaving these &#039;milled&#039; coins as part of the history of numismatics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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