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2 Testerns - Elizabeth I
| Emittent | East India Company |
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| Jahr | 1600-1601 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Averslegende | ELIZABETH • DG : ANG : FR : ET • HIB : REGINA (Translation: Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland) |
| Reversbeschreibung | At center, a crowned portcullis with chains descending from the lower corners, rendered in fine detail within a beaded inner circle; the portcullis is the heraldic badge of the East India Company. The royal crown above the portcullis is depicted with arches and jeweled band. The surrounding Latin legend is contained between an inner beaded border and an outer beaded rim, reading continuously around the coin. The design is bold and well-centered, typical of the finest Elizabethan hammered silver issues. |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The East India Company received its royal charter on December 31, 1600, and almost immediately confronted a practical problem: trade with Asia required silver acceptable to Indian and Southeast Asian merchants who had little interest in English coinage. These pieces were struck specifically for export, not domestic circulation, drawing on sterling silver at a moment when the Crown was simultaneously trying to police bullion outflows from England.
The Spink reference places this among the rarest of the Company's earliest monetary experiments. Very few survive, and those that do rarely show significant wear — they moved in merchant accounts rather than through hands.