Scotland (1484-88) groat

Ponterio sale 177, lot 35321

This specimen was lot 35321 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $969. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat, ND (ca. 1484-88). Edinburgh Mint. James III (1460-88). Type VI, main issue. Toned. VERY FINE. From the Demarete Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-5288.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

Link to:

• (1482) groat (4 pence), James III
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• Scotland (1488-1513) 1/2 unicorn Fr-19
• Scotland (1488-1513) unicorn Fr-18
• England (1509-24) groat
• Scotland (1526-39) groat
• Coins and currency dated 1484
• return to coins of Great Britain, Scotland