Scotland (1637-42)-F 12 shillings KM-A84

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46020
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 46020 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 12 Shillings, ND (1637-42). Edinburgh Mint; mm: F. Charles I. NGC VF-30. Third Coinage, Falconer's First issue. Well struck and nicely glossed, free of any significant blemishes. Pleasant tone with considerable golden iridescence in the protected areas. Drawn slightly to 3 o'clock on the obverse and well centered on the reverse. From the Loch Ness Collection." This denomination was struck in numerous varieties (KM 86, KM 82, KM 83, 84, KM 85) and was accompanied by 60 shillings, 30 shillings, 6 shillings, 1/2 merk, 40 pence and 20 pence. Scottish coinage ended in 1707 with the Act of Union.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.79 g, 0.917 fine silver, about 32 mm diameter; this specimen 6.65 g.

Catalog reference: S-5560; KM-A84.

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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