Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth Issue, Crown Gold, Pound, 1592-1595, Tower, (m.m.) ELIZABETH : D . G . ANG . FRA . ET : HIB . REGINA •, crowned bust left, with long hair and richly ornamented dress, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM : FIDEI : PROTEGET : EAM • annulet colon stops, crowned and lightly garnished square-topped shield, dividing E-R, 11.04g [170.4grns], 11h, m.m. tun (Schneider I, 798 same dies; North 2008; Spink 2534), a careless pawnbrokers 26-8 faintly scratched above crown, the letters 26-8 graffitied above bust, otherwise a handsome honey-golden planchet with pleasing strike uniformity on a full round flan, a bolder very fine, rare in this state