Scotland (1637-42) 12 shillings KM-82

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Heritage sale 3073, lot 33693
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This specimen was lot 33693 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "Charles I 12 Shillings ND (1637-1642) XF45 NGC, Edinburgh mint, Third (Briot's) Issue. Splendidly well-struck for this early milled issue, some minor recutting visible in portions of the legends, while eye-catching cabinet tones appear interwoven throughout the design. From the Lake County Collection." This scarce piece was struck by Nicholas Briot, who attempted to introduce milled coinage to Great Britain. The twelve shillings was probably equal to an English shilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-5558, KM 82.

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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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