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[[Image:SB125-37410o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37410]] | [[Image:SB125-37410o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37410]] | ||
[[Image:SB125-37410r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:SB125-37410r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Image:SB225-76221o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 76221]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 37410 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain, Scotland|SCOTLAND]]. Groat (8 Pence), ND (1583-90). Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, EF Details. From the Richard August Collection." The second specimen was lot 76221 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat (8 Pence), ND (1583-90). Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS VF-30." In England, a groat was fourpence; in Scotland eight pence. The first groats were struck by David II in the fourteenth century. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' silver | + | ''Specification:'' 1.81 g, 0.250 silver, 21 mm diameter. |
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' S-5511. | + | ''Catalog reference:'' the first specimen S-5511, the second specimen S-5512. |
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
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* 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. | * 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. | * <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. | ||
| + | * <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025. | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1583]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1583]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale]] | + | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]] |
Latest revision as of 18:53, 26 March 2025
The first specimen was lot 37410 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat (8 Pence), ND (1583-90). Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, EF Details. From the Richard August Collection." The second specimen was lot 76221 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat (8 Pence), ND (1583-90). Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS VF-30." In England, a groat was fourpence; in Scotland eight pence. The first groats were struck by David II in the fourteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.81 g, 0.250 silver, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: the first specimen S-5511, the second specimen S-5512.
- 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.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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