Scotland (1538-42) 1/2 bawbee

Goldberg sale 115, lot 2288

This specimen was lot 2288 in Goldberg sale 115 (Los Angeles, February 2020), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Scotland. Half Bawbee, ND. James V, 1513-1542. Third coinage. Crowned thistle dividing 1-5. Reverse: Crown on s[al]tire cross, without lis. Fine to Very Fine." The bawbee was six Scottish pence, making the half bawbee equal to threepence. The denomination was introduced in 1538.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: S.5386.

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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 115: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• Scotland (1526-39) groat S-5376
• Scotland (1526-39) crown Fr-24
• Scotland (1538-42) bawbee
• 1540 ⅓ bonnet piece
• 1540 ⅔ bonnet piece
• 1540 bonnet piece
• Coins and currency dated 1538