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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 24716531, member: 96746&quot;]Haven&#039;t posted for a bit, so a quarter angel of Elizabeth I with mintmark crescent over scallop. St. Michael spearing the dragon. Not a thing of great beauty, but excessively rare.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580383[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is much commoner with 5 known. A Henry VII angel with mintmark anchor, inverted on the obverse. Same subject matter. This obverse die is noteworthy in that it marks the point where the spearhead changed from a ball ended cross to a crosslet ended cross, but is neither one nor the other. Probably struck on a small flan as it is only 0.06g deficient, or if clipped, then it was grossly overweight prior to this. The obverse die is badly rusted.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580387[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And another angel, but this time of Charles I and it has been pierced for use as a touchpiece. The mintmark is bell, dating it to the period 27th June 1634 to 18th June 1635. The reverse die is marked bell over portcullis over harp reflecting the use of dies from previous periods if they were good enough, suitably overmarked for the current period. Only 25000 angels were struck in total for all marks combined during his reign. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580393[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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