Guest Richard Preston Posted June 13, 2005 Posted June 13, 2005 Hi there, I hope someone can help me, my Gran has given a coin to me and I would like some help identifying it.It is approx. 19mm about the size of a sixpence, it is silver and on one side has a picture of Queen Elizabeth and on the other the Royal shield with the date 1562.Does anyone know what it is? Quote
Sylvester Posted June 13, 2005 Posted June 13, 2005 Hi there, I hope someone can help me, my Gran has given a coin to me and I would like some help identifying it.It is approx. 19mm about the size of a sixpence, it is silver and on one side has a picture of Queen Elizabeth and on the other the Royal shield with the date 1562.Does anyone know what it is? If it's the size of a modern sixpence then it's definately not an Elizabeth I sixpence cos they were bigger.19mm and dated it sounds like a threepence to me. Question does it have a Rose behind the Queen's head? Quote
Guest Richard Preston Posted June 13, 2005 Posted June 13, 2005 Yes it does, is that important? Quote
mint_mark Posted June 13, 2005 Posted June 13, 2005 Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the rose is to help signify the denomination.There were several denominations all about the same size... three halfpence at 16-17mm, half groat (two pence) slightly larger (no size given in my book) and the three pence at 19-20.5mm. Imagine trying to tell three coins apart in your hand where the smallest is 17mm, the largest is 19mm and there is one in between and none of them are particularly round.At this time, all the "three" denominations had a rose behind the queen's head... so three pence, three halfpence and three farthings, as well as six pence. All the others had no rose. Later on they used a system of dots behind the queen's head for some denominations. Not long after that (James I) they used roman numerals to indicate the value directly. Quote
Sylvester Posted June 13, 2005 Posted June 13, 2005 That's about the jist of it. Mintmark knows more about it than i do.What i knew was thus;Sixpences (6d) had a rose and were datedGroats (4d) no rose undatedThreepences (3d) rose and datedHalfgroat (2d) no rose undated(Although you get rare issues with no rose where there should be one). But i'd bet you've got a threepence. Any chance of a picture? Quote
Guest Richard Preston Posted June 14, 2005 Posted June 14, 2005 I shall upload a picture tonight.Is it a rare item? Quote
Peter Posted June 14, 2005 Posted June 14, 2005 My money is also on a 3d ......a wild guess S2565 a picture will pin it down.All Elizabeth 1 coins are rare but not all collectable.What you need is a nice round unclipped flan,a good strike (especially a good portait)...and identifiable Quote
smudge Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Its a 3p. Found it last year on the surface of a stubble field. Made my day. Quote
Sylvester Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 That, well that, that is indescribable.And it's one hell of a find! She's gorgeous, well struck, little wear, nice legends, nice flan. Some of us have to pay for such quality! Quote
jimmy_goodfella Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 lovley find smudgeits amazing how good a condition that is in considering its probably been lying in the mud for over 400 years. Quote
Art Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 Its a 3p. Found it last year on the surface of a stubble field. Made my day. What a great treasure and found to boot. Congratulations. Quote
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