Elizabeth I, sixpences (141), fifth issue, 1580/79 (2), 1580 (15), 1581 (9), date uncertain, all m.m. Latin cross (possibly two over Greek cross on rev.), 1582/1, 1582 (5), all m.m. sword (one possibly over Latin cross on rev.,), Sixth issue, 1582 (2), 1583 (5), all m.m. bell, 1583, m.m. A (7, five over bell), 1584 (6), m.m. A (2), m.m. escallop (4, all over A), 1585 (8), 1586 (2), all m.m. escallop, 1587/6/5, 1587/6 (2), m.m. crescent (over escallop on rev.), 1587 (3), 1588 (2); one with edge damage, only fair, date and mint marks clear and rare, 1589 (4), all m.m. crescent, 1590 (3), 1591/0, 1591 (2), 1592 (3), all m.m. hand, 1592 (10), 1592, the 9 over a 5(?), 1593 (15), 1594 (3), all m.m. tun, 1594/3, 1594 (4), 1595 (3), all m.m. woolpack, 1596 (2), 1598, all m.m. key, 1600/1590, m.m. cypher; Sixth issue, 1601/159- (2), both only poor but clear, very rare; 1601, m.m. 1; 1602 (6); additionally those with uncertain dates and mint marks (11), a poor milled coinage sixpence and possibly a contemporary or anomalous forgery of a hammered sixpence (BC 5A; 6C; N. 1997; 2015; S. 2572; 2578; 2578A; 2578B; 2585) varied state, generally poor to fine (lot)
Estimate: 1500 - 2000