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[[Image:SB821-41536o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41536]]
[[Image:SB821-41536r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]]

This specimen was lot 41536 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $4,320. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[Great Britain, Scotland|SCOTLAND]]. 60 Shillings (Crown Sterling), ND (1625-34). Edinburgh Mint; mm: thistle. Charles I. NGC VF-25. First Coinage. Deep lavender-grey tone with vibrant colorful iridescence glowing from the protected areas. Well centered but somewhat weak at the central obverse, with a remarkable die flaw at the obverse border near 8 o'clock. Only trivial marks noted beneath a glass and the eye appeal remains very strong. From the Loch Ness Collection."</blockquote> Scottish silver crowns are rare, bullion being scarce and the coin being larger than can be reliably struck by the hammer. Silver crowns of James I ([[Scotland (1603) 60 shillings Dav-3783|Dav-3783]]) show up more often. After the Restoration, Charles II would introduce a milled four merks (Dav-3786).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 29.67 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' S-5540; KM-47; Burns-1 (fig. 996), [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3784]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. 
* 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.
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Scotland (1603) 60 shillings Dav-3783|(1609-25) 60 shillings, James VI]]
* [[Scotland (1625-34) 2 shillings|(1625-34) 2 shillings]]
* [[Scotland (1625-34) 12 shillings|(1625-34) 12 shillings]]
* [[Scotland (1625-34) 30 shillings|(1625-34) 30 shillings (silver half crown)]]
* [[Great Britain (1625) crown Dav-3761]]
* [[Scotland (1625-36) double crown Fr-54|(1625-36) double crown]] = ½ unite
* [[Scotland (1625-36) unite Fr-53|(1625-36) unite, Charles I]]
* [[Scotland (1637-42)-B 60 shillings Dav-3785|(1637-42)-B 60 shillings, Briot's issue]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1625]]

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