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Latest revision as of 11:53, 13 February 2025

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37423
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This specimen was lot 37423 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 20 Pence, ND (1636). Edinburgh Mint. Charles I. PCGS VF-35. Falconer's second issue. From the Richard August Collection." The reverse mottoo, "IVST : THRONVM : FIRMAT ·", means "Justice strengthens the throne". Falconer was the son-in-law of Nicholas Briot, who was hired by the king to improve the manufacture of Scottish coinage. Twenty pence was one twelfth of a Scottish pound or one eighth merk.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.84 g, 0.925 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-5550, KM 74.

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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