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Scottish <strong>Coins</strong> 529 Scotland, Alexander III, second coinage, penny, type B; Robert III, groat, Edinburgh, heavy issue (S.5052/5164), the first very fine, the second nearly fine (2) £80-100 530 Scotland, Francis & Mary, second period, testoon, 1558, crowned arms over cross potent, rev. FM monogram crowned, Lorraine cross each side (S.5416), crack at 5 o’clock, otherwise good very fine £350-400 531 Scotland, Mary, ryal, 1566, bust l., rev. crowned shield of arms (S.5425), some slight cracks in flan, otherwise toned, good very fine £800-1000 532 Scotland, James VI, unit, mm. thistle, crowned bust r., rev. crowned shield of arms, Scottish lion in first and fourth quarters, IR at sides (S.5463), good portrait, about very fine £1000-1250 533 Scotland, James VI, ryal or sword dollar, 1567, crowned shield, rev. crowned sword (S.5472), good very fine or better £1000-1200
534 Scotland, James VI, ryal or sword dollar, 1571, crowned shield, rev. crowned sword (S.5472), good fine £600-650 535 Scotland, James VI, second coinage, half merk or noble, 1574, crowned shield of arms between value, rev. ornate cross, crowns and thistles in angles (S.5478), edge cracks, flan flaws on reverse, about fine £60-80 536 Scotland, James VI, fourth coinage, thirty shillings, 1586, half length figure l. in armour, holding sword rev. crowned pointed shield between I R and XXX (S.5487 var.), flan flaw at 2 o’clock, portrait slightly rubbed, otherwise almost very fine, extremely rare £1600-1800 * ex Lockett (380), Mackenzie (329) and Asherson collections. With two old collector tickets, one annotated RRR. This type and date unlisted in Burns (the Murdoch cataloguer considered the type unique, noting differences in the armour. The Murdoch piece was graded ‘in fair state and possibly unique’). 537 538 537 Scotland, James V, ‘bonnet piece’, 1539, bearded bust r., wearing flat bonnet, rev. crowned shield of arms, I-5 at sides, appears to be possibly struck over another coin (a ducat), small plug and trace of mount, otherwise about very fine, scarce £1250-1500 538 Scotland, Charles I, third coinage, Briot’s issue, half unit, crowned bust l., tiny b below, rev. crowned shield of arms, crowned C-R at sides (S.5534), old jeweller’s number scratched before face, slight reverse flan flaw, otherwise toned extremely fine, rare thus £3250-3500
Page 1: Irish Coins 522 Ireland, King John,
Page 5 and 6: Gibraltar Coins 543 Gibraltar, Vict
Page 7 and 8: A Collection of Sovereigns 555 Geor
Page 9 and 10: 560 561 560 George III, sovereign,
Page 11 and 12: 576 George IV, sovereign, 1823, lau
Page 13 and 14: 592 593 592 George IV, sovereign, 1
Page 15 and 16: 609 610 609 William IV, sovereign,
Page 17 and 18: 622 623 622 Victoria, sovereign, 18
Page 21 and 22: 665 Victoria, sovereign, 1850, youn

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