Scotland (1636) 1/2 merk
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This specimen was lot 37422 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. 1/2 Merk, ND (1636). Edinburgh Mint. Charles I. PCGS Genuine--Damage, Fine Details. Second Coinage. Briot's hammered issue. From the Richard August Collection." Half a merk was one third of a Scottish pound or eighty pence.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.34 g, 0.925 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-5546; KM-72.
- 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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