Scotland 1691 10 shillings
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This specimen was lot 46032 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 10 Shillings, 1691. Edinburgh Mint. William II & Mary II. NGC VF-25. Type 1. Attractive with dark steel-blue tone on both sides. Well centered with full legends and nearly intact beaded borders. An old scratch on Mary's portrait is easily overlooked in-hand. From the Loch Ness Collection." This type was worth about an English shilling and was struck 1691-94. It is rare in Very Fine or better. The denomination was last struck in 1699.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.98 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 4.61 g.
Catalog reference: S-5659; KM-133.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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