Scotland 1696 2 pence

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37475

This specimen was lot 37475 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Bodle, 1696. Edinburgh Mint. William II. PCGS AU-50. 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 1695-97 and is very scarce in nice condition. The denomination was last struck in 1697.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3 g, copper, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-5698; KM-137.

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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• 1695 tuppence (bodle), small thistle
• 1695 sixpence (bawbee)
• 1695 5 shillings
• 1695 10 shillings
• 1695 20 shillings
• 1696 10 shillings
• 1696 20 shillings
• 1696 40 shillings
• 1697 10 shillings
• 1697 40 shillings
• Coins and currency dated 1696