Scotland 1570 ryal Dav-8463

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41513
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41513 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCOTLAND. Ryal (Sword Dollar), 1570. Edinburgh Mint. James VI. NGC VF-35. First Coinage, Before Accession to the English Throne. Delicately toned in shades of powder-blue, peach, and golden iridescence. Considerable luster glows from the protected areas and the surfaces remain overall untroubled. Well centered and very attractive. Minor striking splits noted at the reverse borders. From the Loch Ness Collection."

Davenport lists this type for 1567-71 and the specimen shown in his catalog displays the countermark.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 30.18 g.

Catalog reference: S-5472; Burns-5 (fig. 921), Dav-8463.

Source:

  • 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]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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