Elizabeth I Crown mint mark 2 dating to 1602, very rare final crown of reign
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Crown, ornate crowned bust left, holding orb and sceptre, crown breaks inner beaded circle, initial mark 2 (1602), Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, ELIZABETH: D: G: ANG: FRA: ET: HIBER: REGINA:2: rev. long cross fourchee under quartered shield of arms, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, :2: POSVI: DEVM: AD IVTORE M: MEVM: weight 29.86g (N.2012; S.2582A). Pleasant dark tone, just a little weakly struck at chin area of Queen and corresponding part of reverse, one small edge crack at I of Queen's name into rim only, a couple of small flaws on reverse metal, otherwise fully round good very fine and a very pleasing example of this the final and rarest mint mark for the Elizabethan Crown, at least twenty times rarer than the mint mark 1, very rare with an excellent provenance.
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Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Crown, ornate crowned bust left, holding orb and sceptre, crown breaks inner beaded circle, initial mark 2 (1602), Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, ELIZABETH: D: G: ANG: FRA: ET: HIBER: REGINA:2: rev. long cross fourchee under quartered shield of arms, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, :2: POSVI: DEVM: AD IVTORE M: MEVM: weight 29.86g (N.2012; S.2582A). Pleasant dark tone, just a little weakly struck at chin area of Queen and corresponding part of reverse, one small edge crack at I of Queen's name into rim only, a couple of small flaws on reverse metal, otherwise fully round good very fine and a very pleasing example of this the final and rarest mint mark for the Elizabethan Crown, at least twenty times rarer than the mint mark 1, very rare with an excellent provenance.
