Charles II (1649-1685), First coinage, Merk, 1672, type II, leaved thistle below bust, reads carolvs · i · dei :, rev. legend commences at 3h, no stop after fra, small rs in legends, 5.67g/3h (D 23; M –; SCBI 35, –; B –; S 5611 var.; KM. 102.1). Obverse fine, reverse very fine, of the highest rarity; the error reverse apparently unpublished prior to 2004 £500-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Silver Coins and Tokens, 1664-1807, From the Collection of the Late Harrington Manville.

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Provenance: ‘Norwich’ Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 62, 30 June 2004, lot 686 [from R.A. Vlack 1985]