Scotland (1371-90) penny

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46008

This specimen was lot 46008 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Penny, ND (1371-90). Edinburgh Mint. Robert II. PCGS VF-35 Gold Shield. Darkly toned with iridescence in the protected areas. Weakness obscures a portion of the beaded circle on both sides. A thin split in the flan is noted at 6 o'clock. Well centered and attractive with glossy surfaces. From the Loch Ness Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-5145; Burns-3 (fig. 313).

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:

• (1357-67) penny, David II
• (1367-71) groat (4 pence), David II
• (1371-90) halfgroat (2 pence), Robert II
• (1371-90) groat (4 pence), Robert II
• (1390-1403) groat (4 pence), Robert III
• Coins and currency dated 1371