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Elizabeth 1st Hammered silver coins 1558-1603 - Small change

3 farthings to 3 pence denomination

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Elizabeth I was born in 1533 to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Although she entertained many marriage proposals and flirted incessantly, she never married or had children. Elizabeth, the last of the Tudors, died at seventy years of age after a very successful forty-four year reign.

Elizabeth inherited a tattered realm: dissension between Catholics and Protestants tore at the very foundation of society; the royal treasury had been bled dry by Mary and her advisors, Mary's loss of Calais left England with no continental possessions for the first time since the arrival of the Normans in 1066 and many (mainly Catholics) doubted Elizabeth's claim to the throne. Continental affairs added to the problems - France had a strong footland in Scotland, and Spain, the strongest western nation at the time, posed a threat to the security of the realm. Elizabeth proved most calm and calculating (even though she had a horrendous temper) in her political acumen, employing capable and distinguished men to carrying out royal prerogative.

Her first order of business was to eliminate religious unrest. Elizabeth lacked the fanaticism of her siblings, Edward VI favored Protestant radicalism, Mary I, conservative Catholicism, which enabled her to devise a compromise that,basically, reinstated Henrician reforms. She was, however, compelled to take a stronger Protestant stance for two reasons: the machinations of Mary Queen of Scots and persecution of continental Protestants by the two strongholds of Orthodox Catholicism, Spain and France. The situation with Mary Queen of Scots was most vexing to Elizabeth. Mary, in Elizabeth's custody beginning in 1568 (for her own protection from radical Protestants and disgruntled Scots), gained the loyalty of Catholic factions and instituted several-failed assassination/overthrow plots against her cousin, Elizabeth. After irrefutable evidence of Mary's involvement in such plots came to light, Elizabeth sadly succumbed to the pressure from her advisors and had the Scottish princess executed in 1587.

The persecution of continental Protestants forced Elizabeth into war, a situation which she desperately tried to avoid. She sent an army to aid French Huguenots (Calvinists who had settled in France) after a 1572 massacre wherein over three thousand Huguenots lost their lives. She sent further assistance to Protestant factions on the continent and in Scotland following the emergence of radical Catholic groups and assisted Belgium in their bid to gain independence from Spain. The situation came to head after Elizabeth rejected a marriage proposal from Philip II of Spain; the indignant Spanish King, incensed by English piracy and forays in New World exploration, sent his much-feared Armada to raid England. However, the English won the naval battle handily, due as much to bad weather as to English naval prowess. England emerged as the world's strongest naval power, setting the stage for later English imperial designs.

Elizabeth was a master of political science. She inherited her father's supremacist view of the monarchy, but showed great wisdom by refusing to directly antagonize Parliament. She acquired undying devotion from her advisement council, who were constantly perplexed by her habit of waiting to the last minute to make decisions. She used the varying factions (instead of being used by them, as were her siblings), playing one off another until the exhausted combatants came to her for resolution of their grievances. Few English monarchs enjoyed such political power, while still maintaining the devotion of the whole of English society.

Elizabeth's reign was during one of the more constructive periods in English history. Literature bloomed through the works of Spenser, Marlowe and Shakespeare. Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh were instrumental in expanding English influence in the New World. Elizabeth's religious compromise laid many fears to rest. Fashion and education came to the fore because of Elizabeth's penchant for knowledge, courtly behavior and extravagant dress. Good Queen Bess, as she came to called, maintained a regal air until the day she died; a quote, from a letter by Paul Hentzen, reveals the aging queen's regal nature: "Next came the Queen in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small yet black and pleasant; her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow... she had in her ear two pearls, with very rich drops... her air was stately; her manner of speaking mild and obliging." This regal figure surely had her faults, but the last Tudor excelled at rising to challenges and emerging victorious.

 

PENNY: 0.5 gram
THREEHALFPENCE: 0.75 g
HALF GROAT: 1.0 g
THREEPENCE: 1.5 g
GROAT: 2 g
SIXPENCE: 3 g
SHILLING: 6 g

 

Half penny

 

 

 

1592- 5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Tun mint mark

1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny – hand mintmark 1584- 6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny

Tiny 1584- 6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Escallop mint mark

Comparison in size to a hammered silver penny

1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - 'A' i.m.
1601 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny
1582 -83 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Type 1a no I.m 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Tun mint mark
1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - no mint mark 1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - A mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Tun mint mark 1582-1600 Elizabeth 1sr hammered silver halfpenny - No mint mark type
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny 1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Hand mint mark
1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Escallop mint mark 1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver halfpence - O mint mark
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - 2 mint mark 16th C Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny
3 - Farthings - (There are 4 farthings to 1 penny)
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three farthings
Penny - (There are 12 pennys to 1 shilling)
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

Size comparison between a Groat (4 pence) and a one penny

1578 -9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

4th Issue - Greek cross mint mark

1594-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver one pence
1500's Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny(y)  
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny(y)  
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny(y)
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1595 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver one pence
1590- 92 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - 'hand' mintmark
1500's Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
Looks like a 1500's Elizabeth the 1st hammered silver penny by the dot behind the head but it is the size of a half groat, needs more investigation
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1591 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
Curious hammered silver penny - Appears to a Mary or Elizabeth 1st - 'Rosa Spine Spina' but does not match either as it has a distinct cross above the crown - almost like an Edward VI - needs more investigation
1558- 1603 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 0.92 fine - 0.43g - 13.90 mm Marlett mintmark
1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

1558 -1603 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

mint mark blurred

1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1558 Elizabeth 1st penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Fifth issue Woolpack mintmark
1594 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16th C Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1567-70 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Third issue
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 1 pence - Fifth issue, Tun mintmark
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - 3rd issue Eglantine mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Martlet mintmark 2nd issue
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Ffith issue hand mintmark

1566 - Stunning Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - rolled perfectly by the plough !! 3rd issue Portcullis mintmark
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - A mintmark 6th issue
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Crosslet 2nd issue
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross crosslet mint mark - 2nd issue
1558 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - 1st issue Lis mintmark
1558-60 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Lis mintmark 1st issue
16thC Elizabeth hammered silver penny
1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny, O mintmark
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Martlet mint mark - 2nd issue

14.68mm, 0.51g

1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny Cross crosslet mint mark - 2nd issue
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-61 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Crosslet inital mark
1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Sword mintmark
1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -Sword mintmark
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560 Elizabathe hammered silver penny
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1562 Elizabeth hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
Taco'd 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1601-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -1 mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1590 -6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1600 Elizabeth hammered silver penny - O mint mark
1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammmered silver penny
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- O mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -Cross crosslet mint mark
1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Latin cross mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver one pence - 2nd issue Cross Crosslet mintmark 1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Hand mint mark
1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1558-60 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - First issue Lis mintmark
1573-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - acorn mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - mint mark Greek cross 1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1590 -2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - hand mintmark
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1580-1 Elizabeth hammered silver penny - Pheon mint mark
1595-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Key mintmark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Greek cross mint mark 1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Ermine mint mark
1560 - 1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1570 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - hand mint mark 1592- 5 Elizabeth hammered silver penny - Tun mint mark
1590- 2 Elizabeth hammered silver penny - Hand mint mark 1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny Latin cross mint mark
1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny Latin cross mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- hand mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- Cross crosslet mint mark 1598-1600 hammered silver penny - Anchor mint mark
1567-70 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Coronet mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1567- 70 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Coronet mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Escallop mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1584- 6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Escallop mint mark
1595-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1560-61 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- cross crosslet mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross crosslet mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Martlet mint mark
1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Hand mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross crosslet mint mark
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Greek cross mint mark 1587 - 9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - crescent mint mark
1587 - 9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - crescent mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1578 - 9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Greek cross mint mark 1560 - 1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -Cross Crosslet mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1590 - 92 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - hand mint mark
1558 -60 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Lis mint mark 1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Sword mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Tun mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1590 -2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Hand mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Crescent mint mark
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- A mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1590-92 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Hand mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- Cross Crosslet mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Crosslet mint mark 16th C Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -Cross Crosslet mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1569-71 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -Castle mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- Cross crosslet mint mark
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- Woolpack mint mark 1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Ermine mint mark
1582 -4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - A mint mark 1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Hand mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Greek cross mint mark 1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Rose mint mark 1573-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Martlet mint mark
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Tun mint mark
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - bell mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560 - 1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1584-6 Elizabeth hammered silver penny- Escallop mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1560 - 1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Crosslet mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - crescent mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Tun mintmark 1601-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - 1 mint mark

Amazing double stuck bust

1558-60 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - 1st issue - Lis mint mark

16th C Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1567-70 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Coronet mint mark 1560 -1 Elizabeth hammered silver penny - Cross Crosslette mint mark
1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Latin cross mint mark 1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Latin cross mint mark
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- Greek cross mint mark
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - A mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
Three half pence (1 1/2 pence)
Mike's cleaned up 1797 George III Cartwheel penny next to Alaskan Geo's 1581 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver threehalfpence.
Elizabeth 1st 1573 hammered silver three half pence (b)
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three half pence
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three half pence - intial mark Ermine 3rd issue with rose and date

1561 Queen Elizabeth hammered silver three half penny(1 1/2 pence)

Pheon mint mark - 2nd issue

1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - hand mint mark 1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Crescent mint mark
1578- 9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Greek cross mint mark 1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Latin cross mint mark
1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - rose mint mark 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Bell mint mark
1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - crescent mint mark 1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16th Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1594-6 Elizabeth hammered silver penny
1582-4 Elizabeth hammered silver penny - A mint mark 1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Greek cross mint mark
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1578 - 1579 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny fragment
1590 - 92 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - hand mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - martlet mint mark
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1592- 5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Tun mint mark
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Corss Crosslet mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
1601 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Latin cross mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - martlett mint mark 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Crosslet mint mark
Half groat ( 2 pence)
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
 
 
 
 
1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (y)
 
1500's Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1558 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat  
1500's Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat(b)
1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
1580's Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 1/2 groat
1580's Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
1600 AD Elizabeth 1st hammered silver halfgroat 0.92 fine
1587 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat ( 2pence)
1582 Elizabeth 1st half groat
1500's Elizabeth 1st hammered silver groat fragment
1570 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Martlet Mintmark
1558- 1603 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark
1570 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1597-1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - really clear Anchor mintmark above crown
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - folded in half
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2pence)

Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammerd silver half groat - 2nd issue Marlet mint mark - no rose or date
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Fifth issue, Bell mintmark

1591-5 Queen Elizabeth hammered silver half groat (2 pence)

Tun mint mark - 5th issue

1582-3 Queen Elizabeth hammered silver half groat (2 pence)

Bell mint mark - 5th issue

1589 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat ( 2 pence) - intial mark Crescent 5th issue without rose or date

1582 - 4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)

Fifth issue A mintmark

16thC Elizabeth hammered silver half groat
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - 2nd issue
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat made in to a pendant (65)
1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat -Sixth issue, Escallop mintmark - 16.69mm, 1.63g
1582 -4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) Sixth issue A mintmark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Fifth issue - hand mintmark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2nd issue Martlett mintmark
1582-3 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat (2 pence) 6th Issue - Bell mintmark
16thc Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammmered silver half groat - double struck head
Stunning 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Sixth issue bell mintmark - the detail on this strike is amazing
1582 - 84 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)- A mint mark 6th issue
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)- Acorn mint mark 4th issue
1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1595-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Key mintmark 6th issue
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1560-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)- Star mintmark 3rd issue
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)- Ermine mintmark 3rd/4th issue
1595-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)- Key mintmark 6th issue
1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mintmark 6th issue
1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Escallop mint mark 6th issue
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) Tun mint mark - 6th issue
1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 6th issue - O mintmark
1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

 

1598- 1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1601-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 17.10mm, 0.88g - 7th issue, '1' mintmark
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582 - 4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1573-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Bell mint mark
1587 -9 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat - Crescent mintmark 6th issue
1582- 3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark
1592/5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Tun mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1587 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark - 7th issue
1566-7 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Lion mint mark
1594-6 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat - Wool pack mintmark
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) A mintmark
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mintmark 7th issue
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - '2' mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1569-71 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1570 Elizabeth hammerted silver half groat
1570 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat
1595 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Cross crosslet mintmark
1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

 

 

1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mint mark
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1601-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence
1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1587 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Woolpack mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1592-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammerd silver half groat 1594 - 6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Woolpack mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat -= Rose mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Greek cross mint mark
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Crescent mint mark 1579 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1560-1 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat - Martlett mint mark 1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 7th issue - 2 mint mark
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 7th issue - 2 mint mark 1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Crescent mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat -Tun mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16th Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark 1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1562 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Tun mint mark
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark 1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- A mint mark
1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Hand mint mark 1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Crescent mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Tun mint mark 1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Crescent mint mark
1582 - 3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582 - 3 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark 1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark 1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mark
1564 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - O mint mark 1582- 3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1573 - 8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Eglantine mint mark
1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Escallop mint mark 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Tun mint mark
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark 1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 1 mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Cross crosslet mint mark 1602 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat - tun 1575 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat
1592- 5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1592- 5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1595-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - key mint mark 1289-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - crescent mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1584- 6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Escallop mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Martlet mint mark 1587 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1569-71 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Castle mint mark 1569 - 1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Castle mint mark
1567 -70 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Coronet mint mark 1584 -6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Escallop mint mark
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Crosslet mint mark 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark
1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Ermine mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Greek cross mint mark

1590 - 1592 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - hand mint mark

1582 - 1584 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mint mark 1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - wool pack mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1582-84 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1582- 1584 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- A mint mark
1590 -1592 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Hand mint mark 1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Greek cross mint mark
1582 -1584 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mint mark 1594 -6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Woolpack mint mark
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - '2' mint mark
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - '2'mint mark 1573-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Eglantine mint mark
1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Martlet mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1584-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Escallop mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1582- 3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mask
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark
1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark 1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Wool pack mark
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - bell mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1601-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - I mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Tun mint mark 1561-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Pheon mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582 Elizbath 1st hammered silver half groat 1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark
1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Escallop mint mark 1594-96 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 17thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1590-1592 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - hand mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark
1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1598-1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- anchor mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver groat 1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark
1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Coronet mint mark 1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1579 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Greek cross mint mark 1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - hand mint mark
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Escallop mint mark
1582 -1584 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 'A' mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1584 - 1586 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Cross crosslet mint mark 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- tun mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Escallop mint mark
1601-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 1 mint mark 1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark
1584 - 1586 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Escallop mint mark 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1594 - 1596 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1582-84 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mint mark 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Tun mint mark
1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - hand mint mark 1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Crescent mint mark 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - bell mint mark
1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Wool pack mint mark 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - bell mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Tun mint mark 16th Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - crescent mint mark 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Tun mint mark
1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Crescent mint mark 16th C Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Escallop mint mark 1592 -5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Tun mint mark
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1584-86 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Escallop mint mark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - tun mint mark 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - tun mint mark
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat A mint mark
3 pence
1570 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence(b)
1568 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1569 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver threepence 19.62 mm smaller flan type
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence

1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
Stunning 1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1575 Elizabeth 1st threepence
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver threepence 1.51g, 19.46mm
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver threepence
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - Fourth issue, Greek cross mintmark

1567 Queen Elizabeth hammered silver 3 pence

Coronet mint mark - 3rd issue

1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - Latin cross min mark - 4th issue
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - 4th issue

1577 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - 3rd issue

Eglantine mintmark

1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence- mintmark greek cross 4th issue
Stunning 1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - 3rd issue, acorn mintmark
1560 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - Ermine mint mark 4th issue
1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Pheon mintmark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence
1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - acorn mintmark 5th issue
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - 'A' mintmark
1579 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Greek cross mintmark
1561 Elizabeth hammered silver 3 pence

1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Latin cross mintmark - 5th issue

18.06mm, 1.48mm

1570 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence
1560 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - with rose and date
1559 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1575 Elizabeth hammered silver 3 pence
1573-8 Elizabeth hammered silver 3 pence
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence
1567 Elizabeth hammered silver 3 pence
1568 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - 2nd issue Ermine mintmark
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence 1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Pheon mintmark
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - Tun mint mark 1561 -5 Elizabeth hammered silver three pence - Pheon mint mark
1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence 1569 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence
1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence 1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence 1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence ) - Greek cross mint mark
1582 Elizabeth hammered silver three pence - Sword mint mark 1578 Elizabeth hammered silver three pence - Greek cross mint mark
1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - sword mint mark
1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Latin cross mint mark 1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1561-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Pheon mint mark 1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Rose mint mark
1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1580 - 1581 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence- Latin cross mint mark
1580-1581 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Greek cross mint mark 1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence- Eglantine mint mark
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1576 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Ermine mint mark 1562 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1567 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1551 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence- Acorn mint mark
1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence- Acorn mint mark 1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Portcullis mint mark
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1572 - 1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Ermine mint mark 1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1562 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Cross Crosslet mint mark
1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1567 - 1570 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1580 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence 16th Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1573-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Eglantine mint mark 1565 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence 1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence
1575 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Eglantine mint mark 1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence