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Elizabeth I 1558-1603 AD
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603) was Queen regnant of England and Queen regnant of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII , she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn , was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI , bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey , cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, Lady Jane Grey was executed, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I , during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.
The halfcrown was a shortlived series - the denomination was not issued again until the reign of Elizabeth I, who once again issued gold halfcrowns. These were mainly hammered, but there is a rare milled gold halfcrown. During the last two years of her reign silver halfcrowns were produced once again. Watch out for coins with the mintmark 2, which are very much rarer than the normal 1.
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603) was Queen regnant of England and Queen regnant of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII , she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn , was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI , bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey , cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, Lady Jane Grey was executed, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I , during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.
The halfcrown was a shortlived series - the denomination was not issued again until the reign of Elizabeth I, who once again issued gold halfcrowns. These were mainly hammered, but there is a rare milled gold halfcrown. During the last two years of her reign silver halfcrowns were produced once again. Watch out for coins with the mintmark 2, which are very much rarer than the normal 1.
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