Scotland 1677 2 pence
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This specimen was lot 2265 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND: Charles II, 1649-1685, AE turner, 1677, crown over crossed sword and scepter // thistle, well struck, very pleasing, F-VF." The exchange rate between Scottish and English coinage varied but during this reign, 60 shillings = one English crown. At that rate, this coin would have been worth a sixth of an English penny. This type was struck 1677-79.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-114, Spink-5630.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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