View source for Scotland (1542-67) bawbee

[[Image:G128-2159o.jpg|300px|thumb|Goldberg sale 128, lot 2159]]
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[[Image:SB124-58394 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 58394]]
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The first specimen was lot 2159 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain, Scotland|Scotland]]. Bawbee, ND. Billon. Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-67. PCGS graded EF-40." The second specimen was lot 58394 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "SCOTLAND. Bawbee, ND (1542-58). Edinburgh Mint. Mary. NGC AU-58." In the second half of the seventeenth century, the bawbee was sixpence Scots or half an English penny. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' S.5433. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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>Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, ''Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction,'' Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.
* <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Scotland (1538-42) bawbee]] James V
* [[Scotland (1542-58) abbey crown Fr-28]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1542]]

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