Scotland (1637-42) 12 shillings KM-83

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 41539
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 41539 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCOTLAND. 12 Shillings (Shilling Sterling), ND (1637-42). Edinburgh Mint; mm: thistle. Charles I. NGC AU-50. Third Coinage, Intermediate issue. Delicate pearl-grey tone with warmer golden patina near the borders. Sharply struck with full legends and good central detail. Tremendous satiny luster glows in the fields. Trivial marks noted around the denomination on the obverse. From the Loch Ness Collection."

This twelve shillings would have traded for an English shilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 5.87 g.

Catalog reference: S-5559; KM-83; Burns-21.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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 the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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