ELIZABETH I, FIRST ISSUE SILVER SHILLING

Elizabeth I, First Issue Silver Shilling, (1558-1603).
First Issue (1559-1560), Tower mint London, mint mark Lis.
Obverse: Crowned 2B Bust facing left, wire line and beaded inner circles, with Latin legend surrounding: ELIZABETH . D.' G.' ANG. FRA.' Z.' HIB. REGI.'.
Reverse: long cross fourchée over square shield, with Latin legend surrounding: POSVI DEV.' ADIVTORE M. MEVM
North 1985; S.2549.
10h, 5.96 grams, 32 mm in diameter.
Struck on a large round full flan, the portrait slightly double struck, however showing very good detail, lightly toned with a patch of impression red wax within the obverse legend, a bold very fine – good very fine for the notoriously weak type, scarce.