Scotland 1558 1/2 testoon
This specimen was lot 41510 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCOTLAND. 1/2 Testoon, 1558. Edinburgh Mint. Mary. NGC EF Details--Environmental Damage. First Period, Before Marriage, Type III. Sharply struck with the date pushed over the edge on the obverse. The surfaces display dark old tone with scattered roughness under a glass. Overall pleasing for the type. From the Loch Ness Collection. Ex: Dr. James Davidson Collection, Part II (Dix Noonan Webb - 12/2003) Lot # 451."
The testoons of 1558 come with Mary's monogram (S-5406) or with her monogram joined with her teenage husband Francis (S-5416). We don't know if that was done for the half testoons.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.75 g.
Catalog reference: S-5413; Burns-13 (fig. 802).
- 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.
- 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.
- [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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