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Mary (1542-1567), First period, Forty-Four Shillings, 1553, 5.20g/1h (Murray IIa (F6); SCBI 35, 981, same dies; B 5; S 5394). Legends weak in places, nearly extremely fine, rare (£3,500-4,000)
Hammer Price: £3,700
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Twenty-Two Shillings, 1553, 2.60g/4h (Murray C3; SCBI 35, –; B 2, fig. 815; S 5396). Extremely fine, rare (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £2,300
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type II, 1555, 6.89g/2h (SCBI 35, 1004; B 2, fig. 782; S 5402 and p.70). Obverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, some hairline scratches on reverse, otherwise very fine (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £350
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type IIIb, 1557/1558 mule, mm. cross potent on obv., crown on rev., 6.14g/10h (SCBI 35, 1014; B 19, fig. 794, same dies; S 5406). Very fine, rare (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £370
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type IIIb, 1558/1557 mule, mm. cross on obv., crown on rev., 6.13g/7h (SCBI 35, –; B 23, fig. 798, different dies; S 5406). Very fine, very rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £400
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type IIIb, 1558, mm. cross potent on obv., crown on rev., 6.13g/10h (SCBI 35, 1016; cf. B 21-2, fig. 797; S 5407). Very fine and very rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £540
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Bawbee, Edinburgh, 1.97g/11h (SCBI 35, 1025; cf. B 1/3; S 5432). Very fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £90
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Plack, 1557, 1.81g/7h (SCBI 35, 1071-5; B 1, fig. 870; S 5437). Weak in places, otherwise very fine (£80-100)
Mary (1542-1567), First period, Penny, type I, Edinburgh, mm. cross, rev. cross with crown in first and fourth quarters, cinquefoil in second and third quarters, 0.71g/1h (cf. SCBI 35, 1065-6; B 3; S 5440). Hairline striking crack at 2 o’clock, otherwise very fine, rare (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £360
Mary (1542-1567), Second period (with Francis), Testoon, type I, 1559, mm. crown, 5.95g/9h (SCBI 35, 1086; B 6, fig. 879, same dies; S 5416). Small scrape in monogram, otherwise nearly extremely fine, attractive grey tone (£600-700)
Hammer Price: £620
Mary (1542-1567), Second period (with Francis), Testoon, type II, 1560, 5.81g/3h (SCBI 35, 1089; B 9; S 5417 and p.70). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, very fine (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £520
Mary (1542-1567), Second period (with Francis), Nonsunt Groat, 1559, dolphin looking left, 1.70g/11h (SCBI 35, 1106-8; B 8, fig. 891; S 5448); Hardhead, 1559, dolphin looking left, 0.98g/2h (SCBI 35, 1109; B 6, fig. 894; S 5450) [2]. First good very fine, second very fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £220
Mary (1542-1567), Third period (First Widowhood), Testoon, 1561, 5.71g/10h (SCBI 35, 1111; B 2, fig. 897; S 5422). Hairline crack above head and fine scratches both sides, otherwise nearly very fine with dark tone, rare (£1,200-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,250
Mary (1542-1567), Fourth period (with Henry Darnley), Ryal, 1565, mm. thistle on rev. only, 29.70g/10h (SCBI 35, 1121; B 2, fig. 904; S 5425 and p.70). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, a little surface pitting, otherwise good very fine or better (£800-900)
Hammer Price: £720
Mary (1542-1567), Fourth period (with Henry Darnley), Ryal, 1565, mm. thistle on rev. only, 30.45g/9h (SCBI 35, 1121; B 2, fig. 904; S 5425 and p.70). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, a few hairlines on obverse, otherwise nearly very fine (£450-550)
Hammer Price: £490
Mary (1542-1567), Fourth period (with Henry Darnley), Ryal, 1566, mm. thistle on rev. only, 30.17g/11h (SCBI 35, 1123-4; B 6; S 5425). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, nearly very fine (£450-550)
Mary (1542-1567), Fourth period (with Henry Darnley), Two-Thirds Ryal, 1565, mm. thistle on rev. only, 19.71g/7h (SCBI 35, 1128; cf. B 9, fig. 907; S 5426 and p.70). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, nearly very fine (£450-500)
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Ryal, 1568, 30.12g/9h (SCBI 35, 1206; B 3; S 5472 and p.70). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, nearly very fine (£500-550)
£500–£550
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Ryal, 1570/69, 30.21g/8h (SCBI 35, 1208; B 5; S 5472). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, obverse nearly very fine, reverse with some hairlines but fine, the overdate clear (£350-450)
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Ryal, 1570, 30.47g/12h (SCBI 35, 1208-11; B 5; S 5472). Nearly extremely fine with attractive grey tone (£700-800)
Hammer Price: £680
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Ryal, 1570, 30.15g/11h (SCBI 35, 1209-10; B 5; S 5472 and p.70). Reverse with crowned thistle countermark for the 1578 revaluation, very fine (£500-600)
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Sixteen Shillings, 1581, 11.41g/7h (SCBI 35, 1234; B 1a, fig. 930C; S 5482). Nearly extremely fine with attractive grey tone, one of the finest known examples of this extremely rare coin (£3,500-4,500)
Hammer Price: £5,200
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Twenty Shillings, 1582, 15.20g/5h (cf. SCBI 35, 1241; B 2; S 5489). Very fine (£600-700)
Hammer Price: £650
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Balance Half-Merk, 1591, mm. quatrefoil, 4.76g/7h (cf. SCBI 35, 1247-8; B 2; S 5491). Good very fine, rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £450
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Rider, 1598, mm. quatrefoil, 5.08g/3h (SCBI 35, 1168; B –; S 5458). Small test mark scratched in both fields, otherwise nearly extremely fine with very well struck portrait and horse, rare (£1,400-1,800)
Hammer Price: £1,450
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Ten Shillings, 1594, mm. quatrefoil, 6.13g/9h (cf. SCBI 35, 1256-9; B 2; S 5493). Good very fine (£350-450)
£350–£450
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Five Shillings, 1594, mm. quatrefoil, 2.97g/1h (cf. SCBI 35, 1270-2; B 1, fig. 940; S 5494). Nearly very fine (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £170
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Sword and Sceptre piece, 1602, mm. quatrefoil, 5.16g/11h (cf. SCBI 35, 1189-90; B 4; S 5460). Nearly extremely fine and attractively toned (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,000
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Thistle Merk, 1601, 6.75g/1h (cf. SCBI 35, 1282-3; B 1, fig. 943; S 5497). Weak in places, otherwise very fine and full, attractively toned (£300-350)
Hammer Price: £310
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Thistle Merk, 1601, 6.64g/12h (cf. SCBI 35, 1282-3; B 1, fig. 943; S 5497). Legends slightly double-struck, very fine, toned (£250-300)
£250–£300
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Quarter-Thistle Merk, 1601, 1.61g/5h (SCBI 35, –; B 1, fig. 945; S 5499). Hairline striking crack at 9 o’clock, nearly very fine (£80-100)
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Half-Plack, 0.69g/2h (SCBI 35, 1320; B 1, fig. 963; S 5515). Fine, very rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £250
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Hardhead, type II, mm. quatrefoil, 2.12g/5h (cf. SCBI 35, 1322-35; B 3, fig. 967; S 5518). Coarse surfaces, otherwise nearly very fine (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £60
James VI (1567-1625), After Accession, Sixty Shillings, mm. thistle-head, 29.80g/6h (cf. SCBI 35, 1360-2; B 1, fig. 972; S 5501). Very fine with pleasing grey tone (£800-900)
Hammer Price: £900
James VI (1567-1625), After Accession, Unite, mm. thistle-head, 9.97g/1h (cf. SCBI 35, 1151-3; B 4, fig. 990; S 5464). Fourth quarter of reverse weak, otherwise very fine (£700-800)
Hammer Price: £780
Charles I (1625-1649), First coinage, Thirty Shillings, mm. thistle-head, 15.01g/10h (Murray pl.iii, 13; SCBI 35, 1412; B 2, fig. 997; S 5541). Hairline striking crack at 5 o’clock and legends weak in places, otherwise better than very fine for issue, the horse’s head particularly well struck (£350-400)
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Britain Halfcrown, mm. b and lozenge on rev. only, 1.23g/1h (Murray 2; cf. SCBI 35, 1407-8; B 9, fig. 1038; S 5539). Jeweller’s mark to left of shield, otherwise good very fine and attractively toned (£800-1,000)
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Sixty Shillings, mm. thistle-head and b, 29.95g/6h (SCBI 35, 1424-6; B 5, fig. 1005; S 5552). Some small marks on horse and light tooling of a metal flaw behind it, otherwise extremely fine with attractive tone (£800-1,000)
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Sixty Shillings, mm. thistle-head and b, 29.23g/6h (SCBI 35, 1424-6; B 5, fig. 1005; S 5552). Scratched behind horse, small flan defect at 9 o’clock where the cutting out of another coin has impinged upon it, obverse fine, reverse very fine (£400-500)
£400–£500
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Twenty Pence (2), Briot’s issue, lozenge above and below mark of value, rev. b below thistle, 0.84g/6h (Murray pl.iv, 40, d/e; SCBI 35, –; B –; S –); Falconer’s first issue, nothing by mark of value, rev. f at end of legend, 0.92g/7h (Murray pl.ii, 41, a/b; SCBI 35 –; B 34; S 5587) [2]. First fine, second good very fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £100
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