See the way the hole is punched, just between those two ugly old heads?
And I remember the dent just below the date.

Looks as if some one had tried to bite it.
Aunt Patricia used to keep it in her treasure-box with her gold beads and other keepsakes." The old Colonel, who had once had a fad for collecting coins, and owned a large assortment, held out his hand for it.

Adjusting his glasses, he examined it carefully.

"Ah! Most interesting," he observed.

"Coined in the reign of 'Bloody Mary,' and bearing the heads of Queen Mary and King Philip.