MS64 | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Restoration Coinage, Sixth Issue [Crown Gold], Half-Pound Sovereign [of 10-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 8 February 1599 - 30 April 1600), Tower, ELIZABETH : D . G . ANG . FRA . ET : HI . REGINA, crowned bust 8B left, rev. (m.m.) SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM • crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 5.42g [83.3grns], 10h, m.m. anchor over key (HCN 160; Montagu III, -; Murdoch I, 595 = Lockett 3293 this coin; Ryan -; Schneider I, 808-812 this m.m. unrepresented; Brown & Comber G29; North 2009; Spink 2535A), flashed but lustrous, otherwise near extremely fine, the anchor mintmark of the highest rarity for this denomination, in NGC Horace Hird holder, graded MS64 (Cert. #6135299-029)