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Revision as of 16:16, 12 February 2025

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37403
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This specimen was lot 37403 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 1/8 Thistle Merk, 1602. Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS AU-53. Eighth Coinage. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1601-03 along with a one, half and quarter merk. The merk was two-thirds of a Scottish pound, making the eighth merk equal to twenty pence (1 shilling 8 pence).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.85 g, 0.917 fine silver, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-5500; KM-13.

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.
  • [1]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.

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