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1 Crown - Edward VI 3rd period, Fine Silver issue
| Issuer | Tower Mint, London |
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| Year | 1551-1553 |
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| Weight | 30 g |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian effigy of King Edward VI facing right, the king depicted in armour astride a caparisoned horse in full stride, holding a sword raised in his right hand. The mintmark appears above at the top of the field, with the regnal date inscribed below the horse in the exergue. The outer legend in Latin runs clockwise within a beaded border, identifying the king by name and title. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDWARD`. VI: D`: G`: AGL`: FRA`: Z: hIBER`: REX: 1553 (Translation: Edward the Sixth by the Grace of God King of England France and Ireland) |
| Reverse description | A large quartered royal shield of arms, displaying the fleurs-de-lis of France and the lions passant guardant of England in alternating quarters, superimposed over an elongated voided cross fourchee that extends to the coin's beaded border, dividing the field into four sections. The mintmark appears above the shield at twelve o'clock. The circumscriptional Latin legend runs within the beaded border, rendered in the characteristic lettering style of the mid-Tudor period. |
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