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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 4592612, member: 4910&quot;]My Elizabeth sixpence is not in as good shape as lordmarcovan&#039;s:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_england_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>Text: ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET HI REGINA</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</p><p>Text: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV (I have made God my Helper)</p><p>Tower Mint mintmark, a downward arrow on obverse at top right</p><p>Size: 27 mm, weight: 2.75 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought my coin as one Elizabeth sixpence has a very peculiar connection to California as the English sea captain Francis Drake supposedly left one in Northern California during his 1579 stop there.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/olompali-state-park-california-sir-francis-drake-elizabeth-sixpence.279087" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/olompali-state-park-california-sir-francis-drake-elizabeth-sixpence.279087">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/olompali-state-park-california-sir-francis-drake-elizabeth-sixpence.279087</a></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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