elizabeth 1st

smudger · Dec 6, 2009

found with the dfx about 5" down, to say i was happy would have been an understatment.

Sniffy · Dec 6, 2009

16th century coin is a dream of mine. CHEERS!

shaun7 · Dec 6, 2009

Nice Hammered :icon_thumleft:

Good to see someone can still get out :'(

SoreKneesDayton · Dec 6, 2009

Great job on finding that coin. And the date is so clear...wow!

SKD

Bavaria Mike · Dec 7, 2009

Congrats on the hammered! HH, Mike

DiggerLee · Dec 7, 2009

Great find. Ireland must be a great place to hunt old coins.

leslie(nova scotia) · Dec 7, 2009

yo S

From the land of the Bluenose.....that is one nice hammie.....congrats and more to come your way we trust!

CRUSADER · Dec 7, 2009

Any hammered is a great day & from Ireland must be a bonus. :icon_thumright:

Silver Searcher · Dec 7, 2009

Nice find

...but there seems to be a few things strange about the coin :icon_scratch:

the reverse looks fine :read2:

but the obverse doesn't seem right, The coin looks like a sixpence, which should be left facing bust of Elizabeth1, and the Rose would be behind here head on the right :icon_scratch:

your coin looks like a right facing bust :icon_scratch:

also it looks if the legend is the wrong way around, note the E :icon_scratch:

..if I hadn't seen the date I would have thought it looked like a EdwardV1 sixpence

This might be a contemporary copy, which would make it even more interesting

SS

hodge · Dec 7, 2009

I tend to agree with silver searcher, the reverse is correct but the obverse is 'different' to an Eliz 1st 6 pence that I found a little while ago...
hodge

hodge · Dec 7, 2009

Just a thought...maybe the scan has been 'flipped', and what we're seeing is a mirror image. Sounds logical to me.
hodge (again).

WhiteHunter · Dec 7, 2009

Well done

Silver Searcher · Dec 7, 2009

hodge said:
Just a thought...maybe the scan has been 'flipped', and what we're seeing is a mirror image. Sounds logical to me.
hodge (again).

Hi hodge

...look at the Crown it's not right for a side on portrait, it's more like a face forward Crown :icon_scratch:

SS

CRUSADER · Dec 7, 2009

Silver Searcher said:
Nice find ...but there seems to be a few things strange about the coin the reverse looks fine but the obverse doesn't seem right, The coin looks like a sixpence, which should be left facing bust of Elizabeth1, and the Rose would be behind here head on the right your coin looks like a right facing bust also it looks if the legend is the wrong way around, note the E ..if I hadn't seen the date I would have thought it looked like a EdwardV1 sixpence

This might be a contemporary copy, which would make it even more interesting

SS

well spotted.

I didn't give it a second glance, obivious now you point it out. I guess we need to rev the image to discount that theory & see what its like. Or just wait for a response, could be an interesting one 8)

Silver Searcher · Dec 7, 2009

CRUSADER said:
Silver Searcher said:

Nice find ...but there seems to be a few things strange about the coin the reverse looks fine but the obverse doesn't seem right, The coin looks like a sixpence, which should be left facing bust of Elizabeth1, and the Rose would be behind here head on the right your coin looks like a right facing bust also it looks if the legend is the wrong way around, note the E ..if I hadn't seen the date I would have thought it looked like a EdwardV1 sixpence

This might be a contemporary copy, which would make it even more interesting

SS

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well spotted.

I didn't give it a second glance, obivious now you point it out. I guess we need to rev the image to discount that theory & see what its like. Or just wait for a response, could be an interesting one 8)

It's not a Mirror image, because if you look at the Crown.... it's correct, just the wrong type, and should be at an angle, not a facing Crown :icon_scratch:

yet the letters seem to be reversed, very interesting

SS

hodge · Dec 7, 2009

A better obverse image might be helpful... Any chance smudger?

hammered · Dec 7, 2009

It might be my eyesight but the "E's" look backward on the obverse compared to the reverse :dontknow:

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hammered

47thelement · Dec 7, 2009

Wow I got hammered in Ireland once but I don't remember very much about that night. I actually spect a month in County Cavan...before I discovered this hobby. Do I wish I could go back YES!

sweet find!