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[[Image:SB125-37474o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37474]]
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This specimen was lot 37474 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain, Scotland|SCOTLAND]]. Bodle, 1695. Edinburgh Mint. William II. PCGS VF-35. Variety with high sword and sceptre. From the Richard August Collection." After the Restoration, bodles (tuppence, shown here) and bawbees (sixpence) were struck in Scotland in copper. The Scottish sixpence was equal to an English half penny while the copper tuppence or bodle did not have an exact equivalent. This type was struck 1695 onlu and is very scarce in nice condition. A large thistle variety exists (KM 137). The denomination was last struck in 1697.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3 g, copper, 20 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' S-5697; KM-138.

''[[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 1693 2 pence|1693 tuppence (bodle)]]
* [[Scotland 1693 20 shillings|1693 20 shillings]]
* [[Scotland 1693 40 shillings|1693 40 shillings]]
* [[Scotland 1694 5 shillings|1694 5 shillings]]
* [[Scotland 1695 6 pence|1695 sixpence (bawbee)]]
* [[Scotland 1695 5 shillings|1695 5 shillings]]
* [[Scotland 1695 10 shillings|1695 10 shillings]]
* [[Scotland 1695 20 shillings|1695 20 shillings]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1695]]

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-This specimen was lot 37474 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain, Scotland|SCOTLAND]]. Bodle, 1695. Edinburgh Mint. William II. PCGS VF-35. Variety with high sword and sceptre. From the Richard August Collection." After the Restoration, bodles (tuppence, shown here) and bawbees (sixpence) were struck in Scotland in copper. The Scottish sixpence was equal to an English half penny while the copper tuppence or bodle did not have an exact equivalent. This type was struck 1695 onlu and is very scarce in nice condition. A large thistle variety exists (KM 137). The denomination was last struck in 1697.
+This specimen was lot 37474 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain, Scotland|SCOTLAND]]. Bodle, 1695. Edinburgh Mint. William II. PCGS VF-35. Variety with high sword and sceptre. From the Richard August Collection." After the Restoration, bodles (tuppence, shown here) and bawbees (sixpence) were struck in Scotland in copper. The Scottish sixpence was equal to an English half penny while the copper tuppence or bodle did not have an exact equivalent. This type was struck 1695 only and is very scarce in nice condition. A large thistle variety exists (KM 137). The denomination was last struck in 1697.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.