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Elizabeth I 1570 Sixpence 7 struck over 0

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Sixpence, third and fourth issue (1561-77), 1570, with 7 struck over 0, crowned bust left, intermediate bust type 4B, rose behind head, Latin legend with linear and beaded circles surrounding both sides, initial mark castle both sides, struck over coronet on the reverse, ELIZABETH: D;G; ANG; FR; ET. HI; REGINA, rev. long cross fourchee over quartered shield of arms, date above, POSVI DEV; AD IVTORE M. MEV; weight 2.54g (N.1997; S.2562). Lightly toned, worn though with a clear date with the unpublished overstrike clear, fair and extremely rare.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Elizabeth by the Grace of God, Queen of England France and Ireland," and on the reverse "I have made God my Helper" a Psalm from the Bible.

It would appear the die sinker placed the 0 of the date on the die where the 7 should go, and then had to correct the error with the 7 over the top. There is also a small die raised die flaw connecting the undertype of 0 to the body of the 7. A highly unusual piece.

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