Scotland 1565 ryal Dav-8461
This specimen was lot 4731 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GROSSBRITANNIEN / SCHOTTLAND, Mary, 1542-1567. Ryal 1565, Edinburgh. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of Scotland, Mary, 1542-67, ryal of 1565, Edinburgh mint. Scarce, especially in this quality, handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Davenport lists this type for 1565-67 and the specimen shown in his catalog displays the countermark of 1571, which raised the value from thirty shillings to thirty-three shillings.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 30.47 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8461; Seaby 5425.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
Link to:
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