Scotland (1333-57) penny

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46005

This specimen was lot 46005 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Penny, ND (1333-57). Edinburgh Mint (?). David II. PCGS EF-45 Secure Holder. Second Issue. Sharp portrait struck on a problem-free flan with dark even tone. Faint colorful iridescence noted in the protected areas. Quite attractive for the issue, with minor weakness near the border and a section of natural ragged texture around 10 o'clock. From the Loch Ness Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-5088; Burns-23 (fig. 244).

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
• (1357-67) groat (4 pence), David II
• Coins and currency dated 1333