Scottish Coins & Tokens
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Scottish Jacobite & Earlier Medals
WSC-6929: James Francis Edward Stuart
/ James III of Scotland Silver Touch Piece.
See the excellent “The Sovereign Remedy” by Noel Woolf
(ISBN 0 901603 01 5) for everything you need to know about touchpieces
and the Kings & Queens that personally handed them out. The would-be James III of England or James
VIII of Scotland was in exile in Italy immediately following his second
unsuccessful invasion of Scotland in 1715.
It was while in exile in the Palazzo del Re, Rome (courtesy of the pope)
that he had these silver touch pieces made for both his English and Scottish
supporters. This example is very much an
Italian commission due to the IAC.III obverse legend, as opposed to the French
commissioned English IAC 3 and Scottish IAC 8 reverse legends. James gave them out in very tiny quantities
during special Touching Ceremonies where, because he was in direct contact with
God, he had the power to cure Scofula (TB). Or so he believed. This one is from a collection dating back to
the 1880's – see tickets. This image here, from an auction
just last year, illustrates just how
rare these Scottish pieces are (and how bad the auction house was at estimating
value!) - they were produced in such tiny quantities and very few
survived. Guaranteed to have been
personally touched by James when he gave this out to a Scrofula sufferer at one
of the ceremonies. This is a piece of
Scottish and English (but mainly Scottish!!) history. £1,475
WSC-7392:
1697 Scottish
Jacobite Medal – The Treaty of Ryswick. Issued by the Stuarts, as part of a series,
and likely intended for distribution in
WSC-7203:
1699 Scottish
Silver Jacobite Medal. Prince James
Edward Francis Stuart, 1688 – 1766. A
medal designed by Roettier and distributed among
Jacobite followers, predominantly outside of Scotland, to gather support for
Prince James (The Old Pretender) to be crowned James III of England and Ireland
and James VIII of Scotland. MI
(ii)204/519, Eimer 381. Sold with an old (2004?) ticket
together with a more recent auction information slip. The rising sun is typical of the symbolism
used by the Jacobites; it represents the sun dispersing demons – a new
dawn. £325
WSC-7688:
1731 Scottish Jacobite
Medal – Bonnie Prince Charlie. A
large medal (crown sized) in base metal showing “The Legitimacy of the Jacobite Succession”, through the children of
James III: Charles the Young Pretender and Prince Henry. From a very old collection; Hugo Harpur-Crew of Calke Abbey in
Derbyshire. The Harpurs
were Baronets. I am unable to ascertain
if the Harpurs had any links to the Jacobite
cause. A silver example of
this medal sold for over £1,000 after commissions. Eimer 521. An interesting medal. £345
WSC-7120:
1745 Scottish
Jacobite Rebellion Silver Medal.
Struck to commemorate the re-taking of
WSC-7121:
1745 Scottish
Jacobite Rebellion Silver Medal.
Struck to commemorate the re-taking of
WSC-7693:
1745 Scottish
Silver Jacobite Medal – “REBELS RETREAT TO SCOTLAND”. William, Duke of Cumberland (affectionately
known as "Butcher Cumberland" through his actions during the Jacobite
risings of 1745 and particularly 1746) taking on the rebels and forcing them to
retreat back whence they came, thereby recapturing Carlisle. Medallic Illustrations (ii) 607/265. In the absence of social media, very much a
propaganda medal of its time. For some
bazaar reason, someone’s decided to pay a not inconsequential sum to have this
medal slabbed by NGC.
For that, they were told the medal was VF, although with obverse
scratches to the fields, and they got a plastic capsule which I’ll wager will
be broken open and put in the bin sometime in the next few years. The medal is indeed about VF – NGC mistakenly
took the flat high points as wear. If
they’d known this was not the case, the medal would be XF 40 or something along
those lines. As already mentioned, this
was simply a means of getting a message out to the public, which is why it’s
surprising that they bothered to use silver.
It was like today’s government charging us a fee to watch a Party
Political Message, pre election! A nice
piece of Scottish Jacobite history (and these slabs do come away fairly easily!) £425
WJC-7922:
1745 Large Scottish
Jacobite Medal. Struck to commemorate the re-taking of
WSC-7855: Choice 1746 Scottish Jacobite Medal - The Hanging of the
Rebels! The
WSC-7730: 1746 Scottish Jacobite
Rebellion Medal – The Rebels Defeated.
The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite
rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart,
the Young Pretender, was decisively defeated by a British government force
under Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (affectionately known as
"Butcher Cumberland" through his actions during the Jacobite risings
of 1745 and particularly 1746), on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the
Scottish Highlands. MI(ii)616/286, Eimer 609. Full of
symbolism; the medal depicts a Highlander, hat off, kneeling suppliantly before
the crowned lion of
WSC-7746:
1746 Scottish
Jacobite Large Medal – The Battle of Culloden. An impressive large medal commemorating the
famous battle from the victor’s perspective.
These were basically the Facebook of the day – propaganda for the
people. The message was delivered via
symbolism rather than words, as was the way then – Hercules tramples on
Discord. The Battle of Culloden was the final
confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite
army of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, was decisively defeated by
a British government force under Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (affectionately known as
"Butcher Cumberland" through his actions during the Jacobite risings
of 1745 and particularly 1746), on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the
Scottish Highlands. MI(ii)613/278, Eimer 604. We
perhaps think of the Battle of Culloden as a chivalrous, gentlemanly sojourn
with handshakes afterwards. It was
actually the antithesis of that, and worse: the English, after the battle,
visited devastation and atrocities upon the glens of unimaginable magnitude
with rebels, rebel supporters and innocent men, women and children alike all
treated the same under the red mist of “victory”. Nice grade.
£295
Hammered Gold & Silver
Coinage
David 1st
Prince Henry, Earl of Northumberland & Huntingdon
WSC-7916:
Scottish Prince Henry
Hammered Silver Cut Halfpenny - Excessively Rare ERL Variety. Period A so circa 1139 - mid 1140's. Obverse: [hEN]RIC ERL
- as Stephen's Watford B.M.C. 1 type but having the extremely rare legend
variety. I am unable to find any extant
examples in any of the major collections I have reference books to (Scottish
National, Hunterian,
William 1st
Early Issues:
Crescent & Pellet coinage, circa 1174-95
WSC-8048: William 1st, The Lion,
Rare Early Scottish Hammered Silver Crescent & Pellet Penny - OUTSTANDING
PROVANENCE. Phase 1
Provenance:
Ex Leyland Scott collection
Ex Murdock sale of
Short
Cross & Stars “PHASE A” coinage, circa 1195-1205
WSC-7282:
William 1st
“The Lion” Scottish Medieval Penny.
Short cross & stars coinage of 1195 – 1205. Spink 5027.
+RAVL ON ROCEB – rarer Roxburgh mint. The
Sylloge of Coins of the
WSC-7970:
William 1st
Scottish Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.
Phase A, Short cross & stars coinage of 1195 – 1205. Spink 5027.
+hVE ON EDNEBVR –
WSC-8011: William 1st, The Lion,
Scottish Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross & Stars Penny. Phase A
Provenance:
Bought Seaby
1982
Ex R.W. Kirton
collection (an excellent numismatic researcher who amassed a comprehensive
collection of Scottish coinage)
Short
Cross & Stars “PHASE B” coinage, circa 1205-1230
WSC-7345:
William 1st
“The Lion” Scottish Hammered Silver Penny.
Short Cross & Stars, Phase B coinage of 1205-1230. Spink 5029.
Obverse: the rarer LE REI WILAM obverse regnal reading; reverse: +hVE WALTER – jointly struck by the moneyers of the Edinburgh & Perth mints. An excellent portrait piece, being just as
good as the Spink plate coin. £425
WSC-8049:
William 1st
“The Lion” Scottish Hammered Silver Penny.
Short Cross & Stars, Phase B coinage of 1205-1230. Spink 5029.
Obverse: the rarer LE REI W[ILA]M obverse regnal reading; reverse: +hVE WALT[E]R – jointly struck by the moneyers of the Edinburgh & Perth mints. An excellent portrait piece, being just as
good as the Spink plate coin. £395
WSC-7650:
Alexander II (2nd)
Medieval Scottish Hammered Silver Penny.
Phase C, circa
1230-34: coinage in the name of Alexander’s father, William the Lion: +:
WILELMVS REX although this is the rare variety where the obverse legend is
retrograde. For some reason, possibly
because Alexander II was very busy with insurrections, invasions and intrigue
throughout his reign, coinage retained William’s name for some twenty years,
although the portraits were Alexander II.
Joint moneyers working out of Roxburgh: PERIS ADAM DE ROCI. 1.16g, 3h. Ashmolean 82, Burns 66c, Spink 5034. Near VF for this particular issue. Rare coin.
£745
WSC-7759:
Alexander II (2nd)
Scottish Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross Penny. The first issue, Phase C, circa 1230-34:
coinage in the name of Alexander’s father, William the Lion: +: WILELMVS
REX. For some reason, possibly because
Alexander II was very busy with insurrections, invasions and intrigue
throughout his reign, coinage retained William’s name for some twenty years,
although the portraits were Alexander II.
Joint moneyers working out of Roxburgh: PERIS ADAM ON RO. 1.32g, 6h. SCBI 35, Burns 67a, Spink 5034. Near VF for this particular issue. Rare coin and a rarer still Burns’
variety. £845
WSC-7966:
Rare Alexander
II (2nd) in Alexander's name Scottish Hammered Silver Penny. Short cross & stars, Phase D, circa
1235. Roxburgh mint, left facing bust with sceptre,
Spink 5036. Obverse: [A]LEXANDER RE[X];
reverse: PIER[ES] ON ROE. The impressive
EMC / SCBI database has no examples. The
1st Issue Pennies
WSC-6793: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue STIRLING Mint Penny. Long
cross & stars, 1250-80. hO(N) RI. ON^S TR – Henri of
WSC-8012: Alexander III Scottish
Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross & Stars Penny. First coinage,
Provenance:
Nottinghamshire metal
detecting find, 2004
Ex R.W. Kirton
collection (an excellent numismatic researcher who amassed a comprehensive
collection of Scottish coinage)
2nd Coinage Pennies
WSC-6856: Alexander III Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. Second
coinage, 1280-86. Edinburgh mint town.
Class E, Spink 5056. Not a great
eye appeal coin (worn and centrally pierced) but a rare 20 point reverse. £55
WSC-6769: Alexander III Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. Second
coinage, 1280-86. Perth mint town.
Class E, Spink 5056. £145
WSC-6881: Alexander III Scottish Hammered
Silver Penny. Second coinage,
1280-86. Perth mint town. Rarer class D, Spink 5057.
From an old collection – see original ticket here. £135
WSC-7275:
Alexander III
Scottish Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.
Sterling class E with x20 points making this
WSC-8017: Alexander III Scottish
Hammered Silver Long Cross & Mullets Penny. Second coinage,
Provenance:
Ex A. Gillis (May 2002)
Ex R.W. Kirton
collection (an excellent numismatic researcher who amassed a comprehensive
collection of Scottish coinage)
John Baliol
WSC-8018: John Baliol
Scottish Hammered Silver Long Cross & Mullets Penny. First coinage, rough surface issue, circa
1292-6. Berwick mint.
Obv: +IOhANNES DEI GRA, bust left. Rev: +REX SCOTORVM, long cross with x4
mullets of six points in angles. Spink
5065. John Baliol
was “chosen” out of thirteen competitors for the Scottish throne upon the death
of Alexander III. The English king,
Edward I, was the arbitrator. John Baliol’s four year reign ended in 1296 with his abdication
when Berwick,
Robert “The
Bruce” 1st
Pennies
WSC-7619:
Robert The Bruce
Hammered Silver Medieval Penny.
Robert 1st, 1306-29.
Crowned head left, sceptre before, beaded circles and legend
surrounding, +:ROBERTVS: DEI: GRA:, rev. long cross pattee,
pierced mullet of five points in each quarter, beaded circles +SCO TOR Vm R EX, weight 1.35g (Burns 1, figure 225; Spink
5076). One of two star coins in the 2009 Drayton Hoard
(the other was also a Robert Bruce that was sold through HistoryInCoins
David II
Groats
WSC-6773: David II Medieval Scottish Hammered
Silver Groat. Third (Light)
coinage, 1367-71 VILLA EDINBVRGH –
Pennies
WSC-7490: David II Medieval Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. Second coinage, 1351-7,
Robert II
Pennies
WSC-6093: Robert II Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. 1371-90,
WSC-7935:
Robert II
Scottish Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.
The first Scottish king of the Stewart line.
WSC-7944:
Robert II
Scottish Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.
The first Scottish king of the Stewart line.
James II
WSC-7982:
James II
Scottish Hammered Silver Penny.
First coinage, Billion silver issue (all James II pennies are from this
issue), second issue,
James III
Groat
WSC-8036:
James III
Scottish Hammered Silver Groat.
Light issue, type 4 of 1482 - small facing bust, trefoils by shoulders
with low crown of x5 points; reverse pellets and mullets in opposing angles.
Provenance:
ex A.D. Hamilton (1985)
ex
R.M. Kirton collection
WSC-7551:
James III
Hammered Silver Scottish Groat. Type
VI, main issue of 1484-88.
Penny
WSC-7698:
Scottish James
III Hammered Copper Three-Penny Penny.
Formally regarded as an Ecclesiastical “Crossraguel”
issue of Bishop Kennedy. Spink
5309. If you’re interested, the Scottish
had a penchant for naming coins from the actual coin legends (the Nonsunt under Mary springs to mind) and this is no
exception. James III was an interesting
individual. Crowned aged 9, the Scots
lost Berwick to keep the peace with England but gained Orkney and the Shetland
Isles as a part dowry (which makes you wonder what the other part of the dowry
was!) when James married Margaret of Denmark (she was just 13). James III was so unpopular due to his
lifestyle and blind insistence upon a policy of pursuing an alliance with the
WSC-7722: James III Scottish
Hammered Billon Silver Penny. Billon
coinage, 1475-82,
James IV
WSC-7699:
Scottish James
IV Hammered Billon Silver Penny.
Type III with a larger bust, Spink 5361.
James V
WSC-6799: James V Scottish Stuart
Hammered Billon Silver Bawbee. Third coinage, 1538-42. Struck at 0.250 silver fineness (earlier
silver issues under “normal” times were struck at 0.833 silver fineness)
although looking at this coin, you’d perhaps question if it really is that
low. Annulet over obverse I so Spink
5384. 1.89 grams, 23mm. Rarer monarch. £235
WSC-8037:
James V Scottish
Hammered Silver Stuart Groat. Second
coinage (the first was just gold), 1526-39.
Type IIIc(i), Spink
5378. Holyrood Abbey Mint. James ascended the throne aged just one year
old. Coincidentally, upon her father's
death, Mary (the future Mary Queen of Scots), James's only legitimate heir, was
only seven days old when she ascended!
You'd be challenged to source average or lesser grade James V groat for
under £1,000 these days - this coin is definitely not one of those. A high grade example of one of the most
attractive hammered silver coins ever to be issued, not just in
Provenance:
ex Ramussen
(2014)
ex
R.M. Kirton collection
WSC-8019: Choice 1558 Mary Queen of
Scots Hammered Silver Testoon. First period before marriage, 1542-58. Type IIIb with the
low-arched crown and no annulets below the M and the R, initial mark
Crown. Spink 5406. No muling of the
dates, which is unusual, and interestingly, clear evidence that the 155- part
of the date on the obverse was on the die with the final digit, in this case an
8, being added later, and even some evidence that the same occurred on the
reverse as there is a cap between the first three and the final digits. Scottish coinage in general was a product of
miniscule mintage figures compared to south of the border with extant examples
disappearing even faster as a result of various currency recalls where coinage
would be taken in to go into the melting pot upon the death of every old
monarch to release silver for new monarch coinage. There was also a huge recall of coinage in
1707 as a result of the Act of Union: £142,180 face value of hammered Scottish
coinage and £96,856 face value of milled Scottish coinage was brought into the
Provenance:
Ex Libertas
collection, purchased Oct 1980 for US $850
WSC-7828:
Mary Queen of
Scots Hammered Billon Silver Bawbee.
Struck in the first period of Mary’s reign, 1542-58,
WSC-7692:
Mary Scottish
Stuart Hammered Billon Silver Bawbee.
First period, 1542-58, before her marriage - remember, Mary was born
December 1542. Issue of ¾ alloy although
looking much higher in the hand.
WSC-7104:
Mary Queen of
Scots Hammered Billon Silver Bawbee.
Struck in the first period of Mary’s reign, 1542-58,
WSC-7209:
Mary, Queen of
Scots, Hammered Silver Bawbee or Sixpence.
Struck in the first period of Mary’s reign, 1542-58,
WSC-7587:
1557 Mary
Queen of Scots Hammered Billon Siler Plack. First period before Mary’s marriage,
1542-58. Issue of ¾ (.750) alloy. Spink 5437.
Circulated as a fourpenny piece. £245
WSC-7822:
1559 Scottish
Mary Queen of Scots Hammered Billon Silver Nonsunt. A twelve penny groat struck in the second
period, 1558-60, under both Mary and her husband, Francis. It was an issue of half alloy (.5 fine) which
was actually quite high considering the Lions of the same date which were 23/24
alloy - basically base metal. The
obverse crowned heraldic dolphin is facing left (it's my belief that left
facing is the rarer of the two) so this is Spink 5448. If you're scratching your head over the
derivation of the term "nonsunt", look no
further than the reverse legend. A small
hole at
WSC-7701:
1575 Scottish
James VI Hammered Silver Half Merk or Noble. Second coinage, 6s 8d, Spink 5478. A better date. Ex Mark Rasmusson. Very nice grade. £395
WJC-7790:
1582 James VI
Hammered Silver Ten Shillings. Fourth
coinage, Spink 5490,
WSC-8050:
1594 James VI
Scottish Hammered Silver Five Shillings.
Seventh coinage, bare-headed bust of James VI (future James 1st of
WSC-7413: James VI Scottish Hammered
Silver Eightpenny Groat. Coinage of 1583-90, being before James VI
took on the English throne after the death of Elizabeth 1st in
1604.
WSC-7656:
1602 James VI Scottish
Stuart Hammered Silver Full Merk. Eighth coinage, Spink 5497.
Rarer 13 shilling, 4 pence denomination with a very clear date. £265
Charles 1st
WSC-7871:
Charles 1st
Scottish 30 Shillings. Third
coinage, intermediate issue, 1637-42.
14.76g, 6h. SCBI 35, 1457 (same
dies), Spink 5554, Bull 7 (this coin illustrated). Initial mark Thistle both sides. An intermediate issue falling between Briot and Falconer although the horse is a Briot style horse.
Ex Colonel Morrieson (1987 - acquired from a
Spink sale of that same year), ex Maurice Bull.
Old tickets here
and here. An interesting contemporary political
defacement in the form of a scrape on the king on this otherwise Good VF grade
coin. £1,795
WSC-7744:
1625 Charles 1st
Scottish Hammered Silver Six Shillings.
First coinage, first date in series, Spink 5543. This is an excessively rare issue – Charles’
Scottish coronation didn’t happen until 1633 and no new dies were produced
until then. Dies of James VI were
altered, under an official directive, and coinage was issued as Charles 1st
using the old, modified dies This
resulted in the Twelve Shilling and Six Shilling coins literally having a bust
of James VI on the front with just a quick name change to the legend and a
tweak or two to the beard. This Charles
1st Six Shilling issue, along with the James VI Six Shilling issue,
often goes well under the radar with many people think these coins are simply
English dated sixpences. I refer the
reader to the Scottish James VI section of this website for extra information. You might be thinking that this isn’t much of
a coin to look at and just looking at it, you’d be correct. However, nice grade examples do not turn up
simply because this issue was generally poorly struck using modified, often
worn-out dies. The Spink plate coin is a
£5,000+ coin. This is one of the rarest
Charles 1st Scottish silver coin issues, if not the rarest. I’d be surprised if this coin didn’t attract
a buyer very quickly. £1,245 RESERVED (M.He.9-5-22
Lay-Away)
WSC-6015: Scottish Charles 1st
Hammered Silver Twelve Shillings.
Third coinage, 1637 – 1642.
Falconer’s second issue, type IV.
Spink 5563. The coin is sold with
a very old ticket,
possibly WW2 period, stating that this coin was purchased for twenty five
shillings. £325
WSC-7910:
1637-42 Charles 1st
Scottish 40 Pence. Third coinage,
Falconer issue. Spink 5579. The 40 pence is much harder to find than the
20 pence but more than that, the grade is excellent for issue - collectors will
be aware how badly this denomination fared during the last 370 years. This is one of the best examples I've ever
had. Provenance going right
back to July 1951. Rare thus. £325
WSC-6946: Scottish Charles 1st
UNRECORDED Hammered Silver Forty Pence.
Third coinage, Briot-Falconer transitional
issue of 1637-42 with an F (for Falconer) modified from a B (for Briot) below the reverse thistle. At first glance this appears to be a standard
B below the reverse thistle, so Spink 5576.
However, it’s clearly an F, modified from the earlier B – note the
slightly bulbous top vertical and the very start of the bottom bulbous part of
the B protruding slightly from the centre, these being the only aspects of the
underlying B. Everything else about this
letter is an F. See the following image,
although please note that all letters have been rotated to the upright for ease
of use. There actually is no Falconer 40
pence recorded with an F below, only the B below. However, Briot’s
Spink 5576 with a B below is a B lying on its back, facing upwards, whilst this
letter is 180 degrees rotated and facing downwards. It’s an F for Falconer and as such, unrecorded. Falconer naturally followed on from Briot during the Third Coinage of Charles 1st
Scottish coins so this coin would appear to be a very rare transition from Briot to Falconer.
You’d think that one engraver would be highly unlikely to basically take
his predecessor’s dies, churn out coinage and then call them his own by way of
putting his mark on them and doing nothing else. However, Nicholas Briot
was appointed master of the Scottish mint in 1634 and later joined by his
son-in-law, John Falconer, who eventually succeeded him in 1646. By keeping things in the family and having an
organic “passing on of the baton”, it becomes much more plausible that Falconer
did the above. An interesting coin;
potentially the “missing link” between Briot and
Falconer. Perhaps it will be termed
Third Coinage, type IIA as it certainly comes before Falconer’s first recorded
type III. £395
WSC-7880:
Charles 1st
Scottish Hammered Silver 40 Pence with Excellent Provenance. Third coinage, type 1 Briot
issue, Spink 5579. See old tickets here:
Burns p.462/14 but different dies, Murray O6/Rf. Ex Cochran-Patrick (his old ticket), sold to Seaby 1950. An
uncommon denomination, seeming getting rarer by the day, but more importantly,
bearing in mind the usual poor, damaged state these 40d coins usually turn up
in, a very good grade example - given as VF by old tickets. A rare opportunity to acquire not only a good
grade Scottish Stuart coin, but one with long provenance. £345
WSC-7674:
Stuart Charles 1st
Scottish Hammered Silver Forty Pence.
Third coinage, 1637-42, type 1 using Briot
dies. Spink 5577. There were five types in the third coinage –
three for Falconer, one intermediate but only one for Briot. A much rarer denomination compared to the
twenty pence. Generally a poor issue,
this being one of the best grade examples I’ve had. £255
WSC-6989: Charles 1st
Hammered Silver Scottish Twenty Pence.
The rarer second coinage (Briot’s hammered
issue) of 1636 only, not to be confused with the later third coinage. Spink 5550. Sold with an old dealer’s ticket together with
an information slip and an annotated coin envelope. £145
WSC-5367: Scotland Charles 1st
Hammered Silver Twenty Pence. Third coinage,
1637 – 42. Briot’s
machine made issue. £95
WSC-7911:
1637-42 Charles 1st
Scottish 20 Pence. Third coinage,
Falconer issue. Spink 5591. Provenance going right
back to July 1955. Good grade for
issue. £195
WSC-6874: Scottish Charles 1st
Copper Turner. Earl of Stirling
coinage, 1632-39. Spink 5598. Part of a single deceased collection put
together from the 1960's onwards with this ticket looking to
be dated 1989. Type 1c with im flower over lozenge.
£48
Milled Coinage
WJC-7046:
1669 Charles II
Scottish Silver Half Merk. 6s, 8d, struck under the first coinage. Spink 5614.
Rarer en medaille die axis. £165
WSC-6688: 1670 Charles II Scottish
Silver Merk.
First coinage. Interesting for
two reasons: 1. There is a colon after the date and 2. The die axis is 85
degrees which is noted in Spink (p96) as considerably rarer than the standard
180 or en medaille die axis types. £185
WSC-7096:
Charles II 1670
Scottish Milled Half Merk or 6s, 8d. First coinage, Spink 5614. Three factors elevate this coin above most others:
a) High grade for issue, b) The die axis is a rare and bazaar 90 degrees and c)
There are no obverse stops (a rare variety recorded by Spink). Both an interesting and rare offering. £435
WSC-6455: 1671 Charles II Scottish
Silver Merk.
First coinage. Interesting for
two reasons: 1. The grade is much better than usually seen and 2. The die axis
is 85 degrees which is noted in Spink (p96) as considerably rarer than the
standard 180 or en medaille die axis types.
£225
WSC-6697: 1672 Charles II Scottish
Silver HALF Merk.
First coinage. Spink 5614. Above average for issue. £125
WSC-7284:
1677/6 Scottish
Charles II Milled Silver Quarter Dollar.
Second coinage, Sir John Falconer, Master of the Mint issue. A machine-made issue with the machinery to
facilitate this obtained from
WSC-6096: 1677 Charles II Scottish
Silver 1/16th Dollar.
Second coinage, Sir John Falconer,
Master of the Mint issue. A machine-made
issue with the machinery to facilitate this obtained from
WSC-7105:
1680 Charles II
Scottish Silver Eighth Dollar.
Second coinage, Sir John Falconer, Master of the Mint issue. A machine-made issue with the machinery to
facilitate this obtained from
WSC-5838: 1682 over 1680 Scottish
Charles II Silver ¼ Dollar. Second coinage, Sir John Falconer, Master of the Mint
issue. A machine-made issue with the
machinery to facilitate this obtained from
WSC-6657: 1677 Scottish Charles II
Turner / Bodle.
The first date in only a three year issue. Better grade for issue, being actually better
than the Spink plate coin, and benefiting from being the rarer LAESSET error
issue. Spink 5632 (£200 in the 2015 guide). A desirable coin. £125
WSC-6666: 1677 Scottish Charles II
Turner / Bodle.
The first date in only a three year issue. Better grade for issue, being actually better
than the Spink plate coin. Spink 5630
(£135 in the 2015 guide). £55
WSC-6650: 1677 Scottish Charles II
Copper Bawbee or Sixpence. First
date in only a three year issue. Spink
5628. Better grade for issue, being
about as good as the Spink plate coin.
£75
WSC-6651: 1678 Scottish Charles II
Copper Bawbee or Sixpence. Second
date in only a three year issue. Spink
5628. Better grade for issue, being
nearly as good as the Spink plate coin.
£65
WSC-6652: 1679 Scottish Charles II
Copper Bawbee or Sixpence. Third and
rarest date in only a three year issue.
Spink 5628. Better grade for
issue, being nearly as good as the Spink plate coin. £65
James VII
WSC-7983:
1687 James VII
Scottish Silver Ten Shillings.
Single pellet either side of the date and either side of the 10 below
bust. The reverse depicting St Andrew's
cross with national emblems. Spink
5641. A very short issue - just three
years - due to James being trounced by William of Orange at the
William &
Mary
WJC-7475: HIGH GRADE and CHOICE 1691
William & Mary Scottish Copper Bawbee.
Circulated at a sixpence. En medaille die rotation.
WJC-7476: HIGH GRADE and CHOICE 1692
William & Mary Scottish Copper Bawbee.
Circulated at a sixpence. 180
degree die rotation.
WJC-7478: HIGH GRADE, CHOICE &
VERY, VERY RARE 1692 DOUBLE DATED William & Mary Scottish Copper Bawbee. Circulated at a sixpence. En medaille die
rotation.
WSC-7908:
1692 William & Mary
Scottish Silver 10 Shillings. Conjoined
busts, GRATIA legend, small 10 under the busts - Spink 5661. If
you’re wondering why it is that Scottish coinage always seems to be worn to
within an inch of its life, it’s because even though
William II
WSC-6921: 1697 William II of
Scotland Silver Five Shillings. A
rare example of a Scottish five shillings – the vast majority of the few you
see will invariably be Queen Anne. A high
grade example, being the best I've ever seen and by some margin. Spink 5688.
You are not seeing much wear on this coin, rather poor dies / inadequate
pressure at the minting stage on the large definition areas, ie the king's
bust. Please ignore the aberration of a
main image in terms of colouring (I may well need a new camera soon!) and use this image to see the
even colouring throughout. £650 in EF in
the Spink 2020 price guide (already quite out of date). There are certainly EF areas to this
coin. The English (ie Norman) William I and William II
were not the same person as the Scottish William I, but Scottish William II and
English William III were indeed the same person!! A very rare coin in
this grade. £395
1700’s Church “Communion Tokens” (20% max off all marked prices when you buy 2 or more Communion Tokens!!)
WSC-5472: 1748 Scottish Communion
Church Token. A very early date
indeed. Dull, Perthshire. Burzinski 3585
(image annotation for B number is incorrect).
Rare. £25
WSC-4728: 1755 Scottish Communion
Church Token. A very early date
indeed. Cadder,
Lanarkshire. Minister Alexander
Dun. Burzinski
1190. Rare. £25
WSC-5473: 1793 Scottish Communion
Church Token. An early date. Dull, Perthshire. Burzinski 5029
(image annotation for B number is incorrect).
£25
WSC-4730: 1796 Scottish Communion
Church token. An early date. Rare.
£25
WSC-5700:
1700’s Scottish Communion
Church Token. Mortlack,
Banffshire. Burzinski
4515. £25
WSC-5701:
1700’s Scottish Communion
Church Token. Millbrex,
Aberdeenshire. Burzinski
4512. £25
WSC-5702:
1790 Scottish Communion
Church Token. Craigend,
Perthshire. Minister Robert
Forsyth. Burzinski
1262. £25
H174: 1700's
Scottish Communion Token "LK" - Apparently Unrecorded in Burzinski. See
image for details. Old collection
piece. £25
H173: 1700's
Scottish Communion Token - Berwickshire - Burzinski
6841. See image for details. Old collection piece. £25
H108: 1772
Scottish Communion Token - Larbert, Stirlingshire - Burzinski 2021.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H031: 1791
Scottish Communion Token - Leith, Lothians, Burzinski 4197.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H007: 1775
Scottish Communion Token - Lochgoilphead, Argyll, Burzinski 4167.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
WSC-5943: 1700’s Scottish Communion
Church Token. Lairg,
Sutherland. Burzinski
4067. £25
WSC-5944: 1799 Scottish Communion
Church Token. Liff
& Benvie, Angus.
Burzinski 4269. £25 RESERVED (P.D.10/8/21)
1800’s Church “Communion Tokens” (20% max off all marked prices when you
buy 2 or more Communion Tokens!!)
WSC-5698: 1871 Scottish Communion
Church Token. Leven,
Fife. Minister John S. Hyslop. Burzinski 4248. £25
H180: 1800's
Scottish Communion Token - St Ninians, North Leith, Burzinski 5280.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H169: 1840
Scottish Communion Token - Glasgow, Lanarkshire - Burzinski
4818 VAR. See image for
details. Old collection piece. £25
H168: 1843
Scottish Communion Token - Monzie, Perthshire - Burzinski 4974.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H167: 1835
Scottish Communion Token - Leitholm, Berwickshire - Burzinski 4206.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H112: 1850
Scottish Communion Token - Musselburgh, Lothians - Burzinski 5108.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H111: 1838
Scottish Communion Token - Dalkeith, Lothians - Burzinski 1858. See image for details. Old collection piece. £25
H078: 1801
Scottish Communion Token - Mains & Strathmartine
- Burzinski 4594.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H073: 1802
Scottish Communion Token - Madderty, Perthshire - Burzinski 4581.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25
H034: 1827
Scottish Communion Token - Kinnell, Angus, Burzinski 3832.
See image for details. Old
collection piece. £25