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This specimen was lot 37447 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain, Scotland|SCOTLAND]]. 1/2 Merk, 1670. Edinburgh Mint; mm: Thistle. Charles II. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, VF Details. First Coinage. Variety without stops on obverse. From the Richard August Collection." A merk was originally forty shillings Scots in the sixteenth century. Both the merk and the Scots shilling shrank in the intervening years and this half merk appears to have traded for 6 shillings and eight pence, or a little more than an English sixpence (note the "VI 8" in the center of the reverse). The exchange rate between Scottish and English coinage varied but during this reign, 60 shillings = one English crown. This type was struck 1664-75 and is rare in Very Fine or better.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.40 g, 0.917 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' S-5614; KM-101.

''[[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 1669 merk|1669 merk]]
* [[Scotland 1672 1/2 merk|1672 half merk]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1670]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale]]

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