Scotland 1692 40 shillings
This specimen was lot 46031 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 40 Shillings, 1692. Edinburgh Mint. William II & Mary II. NGC VF Details--Tooled. Incredibly sharp and generally attractive with dark steel-brown and golden tone. The fields exhibit old smoothing which is largely unnoticeable to the naked eye. Well centered and RARE in all grades. From the Loch Ness Collection." The exchange rate between Scottish and English coinage varied but during this reign, 13 shillings Scots = one English shilling. This type was worth about three English shillings and was struck 1689-94. It is rare in Very Fine or better and this is a scarce date. The denomination was last struck in 1700.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 18.39 g.
Catalog reference: S-5650; KM-125; Burns-5 (fig. 1066).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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