Scotland 1594 5 shillings

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37398

This specimen was lot 37398 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $408. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 5 Shillings, 1594. Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS VF-30. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1593-95 and 1598-1601 along with a thirty pence (2½ shillings) and ten shillings.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-5494.

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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