Scotland (1390-1403) groat

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46009

This specimen was lot 46009 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $408. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat (4 Pence), ND (1390-1403). Edinburgh Mint. Robert III. NGC EF-40. Heavy Coinage. An example of the heavy coinage struck to a standard of 46 grains that would be reduced to about 28 grains circa 1403. Attractive with bold central elements and pleasing lavender-golden tone. Considerable satiny luster remains in the protected areas. From the Loch Ness Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 2.52 g.

Catalog reference: S-5164.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• (1371-90) penny, Robert II
• (1371-90) halfgroat (2 pence), Robert II
• (1371-90) groat (4 pence), Robert II
• Scotland (1390-1403) 1/2 lion Fr-7
• Scotland (1390-1403) lion Fr-2
• Scotland (1390-1403) lion Fr-4
• Scotland (1390-1406) lion Fr-6
• Coins and currency dated 1390