Scotland (1583-90) groat

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37410

This specimen was lot 37410 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Groat (8 Pence), ND (1583-90). Edinburgh Mint. James VI. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, EF Details. From the Richard August Collection." In England, a groat was fourpence; in Scotland eight pence. The first groats were struck by David II in the fourteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon.

Catalog reference: S-5511.

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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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