Scotland (1603-25) shilling

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46017

This specimen was lot 46017 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $432. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Shilling, ND (1603-25). mm: thistle. James VI. NGC AU-58. Deeply toned with bold central elements and minor weakness at the border. Glossy and well centered, with an old mark noted at SPINA. Surprisingly SCARCE with this degree of sharpness. From the Loch Ness Collection." This obscure type was worth about an English silver penny. It was accompanied by a similar two shillings (KM 6) and twelve shillings (KM 7, 8).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 0.55 g.

Catalog reference: S-5510, KM 5.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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.

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Scotland (1603-25) shilling

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