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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3240813, member: 21445&quot;]Since [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] shared my old Liz I Shilling, I figured I would share the coin that replaced it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t looking to replace my old Liz I Shilling but skimming the bay as I tend to do, this new one was going fairly cheap and after the usual last second bidding going high, I ended up winning it just below my max. </p><p><br /></p><p>I may miss the old coins toning &amp; some stronger legends showing, but this had much more meat to the portrait, which is the reason I got it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also is much later in the reign and seems to be a biz scarcer mint mark than my old one.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/k43z3cNY/lizshil.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603 A.D.)</p><p>AR Shilling</p><p>O: (key) ELIZAB’· D’· G’· ANG’· FR’· ET : HIB’· REGI, crowned and mantled bust left (bust 6B).</p><p>R: (key) POSVI DEV’· AD IVTORE M · MEV’·, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée.</p><p>Sixth coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: key. Struck 1595-1598 AD</p><p>31mm</p><p>5.81g</p><p>North 2014; SCBC 2577[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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