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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3596333, member: 15588"]Nice coin! Hammered coins are almost always fantastic historically and numismatically. The mark above the pinnacle of the crown is the mint mark and this one is called "Ermine," which places its minting in London between 1572 - 1573 according to <a href="http://www.psdetecting.com/Mintmarks-ElizabethI-&-JamesI.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.psdetecting.com/Mintmarks-ElizabethI-&-JamesI.html" rel="nofollow">this site</a>. I don't know exactly how this affects the coin's value (others may know), but it does make for a cool mint mark, which is also a fascinating topic in and of itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick search revealed an <a href="http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=123&searchlot=882&searchtype=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=123&searchlot=882&searchtype=2" rel="nofollow">auction</a> from 2008 listing the sale price of a 1572 "About Very Fine" Elizabeth Sixpence with Ermine mint mark at £70. <a href="http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=106&searchlot=596&searchtype=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=106&searchlot=596&searchtype=2" rel="nofollow">Another one</a> in 2004 with a condition of "Fine" went for £35. Those are fairly dated auctions at this point, though. Maybe a quick search on other auction houses will tell you more?</p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/elizabeth-1-1558-1603.259775/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/elizabeth-1-1558-1603.259775/">2015 thread </a>on this topic on this site.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3596333, member: 15588"]Nice coin! Hammered coins are almost always fantastic historically and numismatically. The mark above the pinnacle of the crown is the mint mark and this one is called "Ermine," which places its minting in London between 1572 - 1573 according to [URL='http://www.psdetecting.com/Mintmarks-ElizabethI-&-JamesI.html']this site[/URL]. I don't know exactly how this affects the coin's value (others may know), but it does make for a cool mint mark, which is also a fascinating topic in and of itself. A quick search revealed an [URL='http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=123&searchlot=882&searchtype=2']auction[/URL] from 2008 listing the sale price of a 1572 "About Very Fine" Elizabeth Sixpence with Ermine mint mark at £70. [URL='http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=106&searchlot=596&searchtype=2']Another one[/URL] in 2004 with a condition of "Fine" went for £35. Those are fairly dated auctions at this point, though. Maybe a quick search on other auction houses will tell you more? There was also a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/elizabeth-1-1558-1603.259775/']2015 thread [/URL]on this topic on this site.[/QUOTE]
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