1584 Elizabethan Coin

[Guest Gerard Quinn]

I have a coin from 1584.

Not sure what it is. looks silver.

Might it be worth something?

[Emperor Oli]

Yes, Gerald, it might be worth something but we need more to go off than "1584 looks silver". If you could register and attach a picture, that would be most helpful. Or, if not, a description. It could be:

Fourpence-halfpenny

Twopence-farthing

Shilling

Groat

Halfgroat

Penny

Sixpence

Threepence

Threehalfpence

Threefarthings

Halfpenny

Crown

Halfcrown

As you can see, we need more info

[Emperor Oli]

Oh my edit button has gone missing. Anyhow, looking closer at the pictures in Spinks, the only ones I can see dates on are:

Threefarthings

Sixpence

Threepence

So, by process of elimination, I'm quite sure it's one of those

Edit: The button has come back - weird

Edited April 3, 2004 by Emperor Oli

[Guest Gerard Quinn]

From looking at http://www.predecimal.com/p5tudor.htm

It would appear that it is a sixpence or a threepence as there is a date on the side of the coin bearing the

coat of arms.

Around the coat of arms side of the coin the letters

POSV I or T

DEV.AD

IVTORE

M.M.EV

Thanks,

Gerard.

[Guest Gerard Quinn]

I have no digital camera to take a picture of it with.

[Chris Perkins]

Approx size in MM would probably be most useful at this stage. It's probably not quite circular, so measure it at the widest point. Most silver Elizabeth I Coins look very similar indeed.

[william]

Oh my edit button has gone missing...

...Edit: The button has come back - weird

Yes, strange things have been happening with the edit button recently. Mine keeps going missing and sometimes coming back. What's going on?

[TomGoodheart]

Gerard. If you got a scanner when you bought your computer, that can be used to get a picture. Scanned pictures can be cropped in something like Paint (ie edited to show mainly the coin itself)

If your coin is 25 mm across, its a sixpence (1/40th of £1), if 20mm, a threepence.

You can obviously read the date, but that gives us little idea of the grade of coin (ie how clear or battered/worn it is). Is the portrait clear? On the side that has no date you should see a head and shoulders and a blob. If the head has clearly got a crown and the blob looks like a Tudor rose it may be worth a few quid (to £30). If you can see the pattern on the dress (for it is Queen Elizabeth I) and details of her hair, could be up to £100.

If neither, it's a nice souvenir!

[Guest Gerard Quinn]

It's 25mm across.

It is very worn. You can barly make out the queen and tudor rose.

The other side is better but not great either.

It will be a nice thing to keep.

Thanks for your expert advice.

Gerard.