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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2820866, member: 10461&quot;]Would that have been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloy_Mestrelle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloy_Mestrelle" rel="nofollow">Eloy Mestrelle</a>, perchance?</p><p><br /></p><p>I only remember that because several years ago I won a quiz by naming him, over on Collectors Universe.&nbsp; The prize (kindly donated by someone from Northeast Numismatics) was, as I recall, a slabbed 1800 Maundy penny in low Mint State grade (ANACS or NGC, I think it was).&nbsp; Very kind gesture on their part, and made me not only remember NEN with goodwill, but who Eloy Mestrelle was!</p><p><br /></p><p>This holed &quot;touch piece&quot; Elizabeth I 1572(?) halfgroat I had on my old Holey Coin Vest (seen in my avatar) was the only Elizabethan coin I&#039;ve had so far, and it&#039;s &quot;portrait-less&quot;, as many in this grade are. To date, I&#039;ve not had a nice one ... <i>yet</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I shall have to work on that soon. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-GrBrit-England-2d-1572.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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