Hammered Identification

Milkcup1986 · Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:59 am

Hi I found this hammered coin yesterday. I think it's a Elizabeth 1st sixpence. Can anyone confirm this please.
Regards Danny

Carling 2 · Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:22 am

Hi mate you've either got big hands or it ain't a sixpence my guess it's either a penny or half groat ( is there 2 dots behind lizzys head?) here's mine on the right that I found on sat and I've put it next to a sixpence and some larger coins of mine for a size reference

TheFenTiger · Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:25 am

It could be a three pence but will need a dimension to know for sure. I don't have my spink to hand to cross reference the mint mark.

Milkcup1986 · Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:22 am

Hi,Thanks for the replies. I will measure the coin tonight but I would say it was around 17 /18 mm in diameter.

Carling 2 · Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:39 am

Ahh sixpence usually come in at 25mm.

TheFenTiger · Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:27 pm

It does look like a three pence.

Milkcup1986 · Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:24 pm

Hi I have measured the coin now and it measures 19.5 mm at it's largest diameter. It is not round so looks to have been clipped.Do this size make it a sixpence,

Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:30 pm

Milkcup1986 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:24 pm Hi I have measured the coin now and it measures 19.5 mm at it's largest diameter. It is not round so looks to have been clipped.Do this size make it a sixpence,

No, it’ll be a three pence

Milkcup1986 · Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:51 am

Thanks for the information. That's my first Elizabeth 1st three pence I'm well pleased.