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Sold on 15 September 2015

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Scottish Silver Coins and Tokens, 1664-1807, From the Collection of the Late Harrington Manville

Harrington Emerson Manville

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№ 75

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15 September 2015

Hammer Price:
£80

Charles II (1649-1685), First coinage, Half-Merks (2), both 1669, type II, leaved thistle below bust, both read dei :, with stop after date, 2.87g/3h, no stops on rev., 2.83g/12h (D 36; M 28, –; SCBI 35 –; B 3, –; S 5614; KM. 101) [2]. Fair, second very rare £100-150

Provenance: First ‘Robinson’ Collection, St James’s Auction 1, 13 October 2004, lot 271 (part), bt M.C.S. Rasmussen; second bt Spink