UNC Details | Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Restoration Coinage, Sixth Issue [Crown Gold], Half-Pound Sovereign [of 10-Shillings], (Pyx Period: 29 July 1601 - 14 May 1602), Tower, ELIZABETH : D . G . ANG . FRA . ET : HI . REGINA, crowned bust 8B left, hair slips into legend, rev. (m.m.) : SCVTVM • FIDEI • PROTEGET • EAM • crowned square-topped shield dividing E-R, 5.55g [85.4grns], 7h, m.m. 1 [over 0 on obverse] (HCN 162; Montagu V, 286 = Murdoch I, 596a; Ryan 333 this coin; Lockett 1991 same dies; Schneider I, 808-812 this m.m. unrepresented; Brown & Comber G31 albeit overmark not noted; North 2009; Spink 2540), some die clashing above crown and some superficial scratches behind head, otherwise residually toned, a handsome coin, a really good very fine, extremely rare, in NGC Horace Hird holder, graded UNC Details ~ Obverse Scratched (Cert. #6135299-030)