Scotland 1594 10 shillings

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31728

This specimen was lot 31728 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $528.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "James VI 10 Shillings 1594, VF35 NGC. An unusually large flan with a well-detailed portrait on the obverse and thistle on the reverse." The SCWC lists this rare coin for 1593-1601. In England, ten shillings was half a pound but this coin is much smaller.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.98 g, 0.916 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-A5, S-5493.

Source:

• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
• 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.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.

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