Scotland 1557 plack

Goldberg sale 115, lot 2289

This specimen was lot 2289 in Goldberg sale 115 (Los Angeles, February 2020), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Scotland. Plack, 1557. Mary, 1542-1567. Crowned shield dividing M R. Reverse; Ornate cross with plain cross in center and crowns in angles. Some weakness in legend. Very Fine." The plack was four Scottish pence.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S.5437.

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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 115: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• Scotland (1526-39) groat S-5376
• Scotland (1526-39) crown Fr-24
• Scotland 1557 testoon
• Coins and currency dated 1557