Scotland 1582 10 shillings

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Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37395
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This specimen was lot 37395 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 10 Shillings, 1582. Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS VF-30. Fourth Coinage. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1582-84 and is marked "X S" (ten shillings). At the time of issue, the crown-size coin was forty shillings, making this issue equal to one fourth of an English crown or fifteen English pence.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.63 g, 0.917 fine silver, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-5490.

Source:

  • 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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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