Scotland 1705 10 shillings
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This specimen was lot 46037 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 10 Shillings, 1705. Edinburgh Mint. Anne. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. Before the Union. Scattered roughness on the obverse with a natural flan flaw in Anne's hair. Ideally centered with faint golden tone. Minor marks noted under a glass. From the Loch Ness Collection." This type, struck 1705-06, is roughly equal to a British shilling. The Act of Union in 1707 ended the Scottish coinage. This example seems quite underweight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.98 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 4.41 g.
Catalog reference: S-5700; KM-149.
- 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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