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[[Image:SB125-37422o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37422]]
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This specimen was lot 37422 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain, Scotland|SCOTLAND]]. 1/2 Merk, ND (1636). Edinburgh Mint. Charles I. PCGS Genuine--Damage, Fine Details. Second Coinage. Briot's hammered issue. From the Richard August Collection." Half a merk was one third of a Scottish pound or eighty pence.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.34 g, 0.925 fine silver, 28 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' S-5546; KM-72. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Scotland 1580 1/2 merk|1580 half merk]]
* [[Scotland 1602 1/2 merk|1602 ½ thistle merk]]
* [[Scotland (1632-39) 2 pence KM-65|(1632-39) tuppence (turner)]]
* [[Scotland (1632-39) 2 pence KM-66|(1632-39) tuppence (turner), jeweled band and arches]]
* [[Scotland (1632-39) 2 pence KM-67|(1632-39) tuppence (turner), plain band and arches]]
* [[Scotland 1633 6 shillings|1633 6 shillings]]
* [[Scotland (1636) 20 pence|(1636) 20 pence, Falconer's second issue]]
* [[Scotland (1637-42) 1/2 merk|(1637-42) half merk, Briot's issue]]
* [[Scotland (1637-42) 12 shillings KM-82|(1637-42) 12 shillings]]
* [[Scotland (1637-42) 12 shillings KM-83|(1637-42) 12 shillings]]
* [[Scotland (1637-42)-F 12 shillings KM-84|(1637-42)-F 12 shillings]]
* [[Scotland (1637-42)-F 12 shillings KM-A84|(1637-42)-F 12 shillings, Falconer's First issue]] 
* [[Scotland (1637-42)-F 12 shillings KM-85|(1637-42)-F 12 shillings, Falconer's second issue]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1636]]

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