Scotland (1482) groat

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46012

This specimen was lot 46011 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat (4 Pence), ND (1482). Edinburgh Mint. James III. NGC VF-25. Light Issue. Ideally centered with virtually full legends on each side. Pleasing tone with hints of colorful iridescence on the reverse. An interesting variant with the m[u]llets and pellets in opposite angles than the standard orientation. From the Loch Ness Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 2.25 g.

Catalog reference: S-5280A.

Source:

• 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, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• (1475) groat (4 pence), James III
• Scotland (1475-83) 1/2 rider Fr-14
• (1484-88) groat (4 pence), James III
• Coins and currency dated 1482