Scotland 1705 5 shillings

Goldberg sale 74, lot 5022

This specimen was lot 5022 in Goldberg sale 74 (Los Angeles, June 2013), where it sold for $575 including buyer's fees. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Scotland. 5 Shillings, 1705. Queen Anne, 1702-1714. Nicely toned in shades of blue and gold, this is a very rare coin in this grade, despite the somewhat comically crude obverse portrait of the Queen. NGC graded AU-55." This scarce type was struck 1705-06 just before union with England ended separate coinage. This five shilling is about the size of a British four pence or groat.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.99 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S.5702; KM-148.

Sources:

• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 74: the pre-Long Beach Sale, featuring the Arden Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

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