James III (1460-1488), Light issue, 1475, Groat, Berwick, mm. cross pattée, tall crown of five fleurs, tressure of ten arcs, trefoils on some cusps, legend ends scotorm, rev. mullet of six points in first and third, three pellets in second and fourth quarters, cross before vil, double saltire stops both sides, 2.27g/4h (SCBI 35, –; cf. SCBI 72, 840; B 15a, fig. 588A, same dies; S 5276). Good fine, toned, very rare £1,200-£1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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R. Macpherson Collection, DNW Auction 83, 30 September 2009, lot 4041 [from Baldwin March 1989]

The use of this Edinburgh die at Berwick was very limited, extant examples being extremely rare. It has been suggested that it was taken to Berwick at the setting up of the mint to begin the coinage while the Berwick-only obverse die was in preparation.