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
Hammered Gold Coinage
WAu-7017: 1601 Scottish James 1st
Hammered GOLD Sword and Sceptre Piece.
Circulated at 120 shillings. Eighth coinage – the first date in this very
short serious that predated the King’s accession to the English throne. Spink 5460. Old crease mark. The population (and economy) of
Hammered Silver Coinage
David 1st
WSC-6993:
David 1st
Early Scottish Medieval Hammered Silver Penny. Period / Phase D (Burns’
class II), dies being of “local” and “lesser workmanship”. 21.6 grains. Crowned bust right with lis-tipped
sceptre to right, Cross
William 1st
Crescent
& Pellet coinage, circa 1174-95
WSC-6656: William 1st
“The Lion” Medieval Hammered Silver Cut Halfpenny. The rarer, earlier Crescent & Pellet
issue of 1174-95. Cross Pommee sceptre head - Spink 5025. Sold with an old Fred Rist (?) ticket. A rare coin. £85
Short
Cross & Stars “PHASE A” coinage, circa 1195-1205
WSC-6913: William (The Lion) 1st
Scottish Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross Penny. Phase A Penny, “Short Cross & Stars”
coinage, 1195-1205, RAVL at Roxburgh: +RAVL.ON.(RO)CE. Spink 5027. A good, strong portrait
together with clear legends – a very nice example of this rarer, earlier issue. £475
Short
Cross & Stars “PHASE B” coinage, circa 1205-1230
WSC-6099: William 1st
“The Lion” Medieval Scottish Penny.
Phase B type: 1205 – 1230. Voided short cross. The much rarer +hENRY LE RVS reverse reading (Spink 5031) which is from the
Roxburgh
mint. Crude
(stylised), very good grade and rare.
£425
1st Issue Pennies
WSC-6377: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue “DVN” Mint Penny. Long cross
& stars, 1250-80. WALTER.ON.DVN –
one of the mysteries of Scottish coinage is that we still do not know the mint
town represented by the signature DVN. Dunbar, Dunfermline, Dundee, even Dumbarton have all
been muted as the possible location.
Type III, Spink 5043. The new
Spink book (2015 so not that new anymore) has this coin at £450. This one for sale at £425
WSC-5982: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue BERWICK Mint Penny. Long cross
& stars, 1250-80. RO BER TON BE – Robert of Berwick. Outstanding portrait piece.
Type III, SCBI 35, 93/A, Spink 5043.
£385
WSC-6793: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue STIRLING Mint Penny. Long
cross & stars, 1250-80. hO(N) RI.
ON^S TR – Henri of
WSC-6794: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue FORFAR Mint Penny. Long cross
& stars, 1250-80. SIM ON^D O(N F) O^R – Simond of Forfar. Type III, SCBI 35, 115/A, Spink 5043 (£225 /
£675 in a very outdated edition). Old collection piece.
A rare Scottish mint. £595
WSC-6935: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue FORFAR Mint Penny. Long cross
& stars, 1250-80.
WSC-6795: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue INVERNESS Mint Penny. Long
cross & stars, 1250-80. IEFR (A)
IO^N I^N(V) – Gefrai of
WSC-6830: Alexander III Rarer 1st
Issue St Andrew’s Mint Cut Halfpenny.
Long cross & stars, 1250-80. TO(MAS.ON.)AN – Tomas of St Andrew’s. Type IV, Spink 5044. One of the rarest of the
Scottish mints. The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has only a single example (a
poor coin) whilst the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow
holds no examples. The National Museum
(Edinburgh) holds two. There were only
two dies in use - one with AN the other as ANDER as
the mint signatures. This is a very rare
coin. £249
WSC-6889: Alexander III Scottish
Medieval Hammered Silver Cut Halfpenny.
First coinage, 1250-80. The rare
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-6882: Alexander III Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. Second coinage, 1280-86.
Roxburgh mint town. Spink 5054. From an old collection – see original ticket here. £98
2nd Coinage Half Pennies
John Baliol
Pennies
WSC-5369: John Baliol
Scottish Hammered Silver Penny. The first issue, “rough” coinage of 1292 – 1296. 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, Edinburgh, Perth, Roxburgh and Stirling all fell to the
English. £385
WSC-5583: John Baliol
Scottish Hammered Silver Penny. Second issue, “smooth” coinage of 1292 – 1296. CIVITAS SANDREE – the much rarer St Andrew’s mint. 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, Edinburgh, Perth, Roxburgh and Stirling all fell to the
English. £545
Robert “The
Bruce” 1st
WSC-6945:
Robert “The
Bruce” 1st Scottish Medieval Hammered Silver Penny. Spink 5076. Robert, a descendant of David 1st,
was crowned in Scone in 1306 and so he reigned over a Scotland that had no
Edinburgh until 1313. Bannockburn
followed soon after, leading to the gradual repossession of the kingdom,
including Berwick. It is interesting to
note that David II followed Robert Bruce (David married the sister of Edward
III in an obvious attempt to cease hostilities) in 1329 and Alexander III’s second coinage ended 1286. Both those issues were good quality with many
excellent examples being extant today.
In between we had Margaret with no coinage and
the stop-gap John Baliol followed by Robert
Bruce. Virtually all the coins in that
period were poor, which is all the stranger when you
bear in mind Alexander III’s second coinage through
to David II, including John Baliol and Robert Bruce,
used virtually identical dies. Happily,
this coin of Robert Bruce is much above average. £1,850
RESERVED
(E.M.10-9-20)
David II
WSC-6460: David II Medieval Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. Second
coinage, 1351-57. VILLA
ABERDON – the very rare
WSC-6753: David II Medieval Scottish
Hammered Silver Groat. Second
coinage, 1351-57. VILLA
EDINBVRGH –
WSC-6773: David II Medieval Scottish
Hammered Silver Groat. Third
(Light) coinage, 1367-71
VILLA EDINBVRGH –
Robert II
WSC-6758: Robert II Scottish Hammered
Silver Groat. 1371-90,
WSC-6834: Robert II Scottish
Hammered Silver Groat. 1371-90,
WSC-5623: Robert II Scottish
Hammered Silver HALF Groat. 1371-90,
WSC-6093: Robert II Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. 1371-90,
WSC-6776: Robert II Scottish
Hammered Silver Penny. 1371-90,
Robert III
WSC-6801: Robert III Scottish
Hammered Silver Groat. Heavy coinage issue of 1390 – 1403. First issue with tall,
rough facing bust and three pellets at the cusps. Spink 5165.
James III
James IV
WSC-6930: James IV Hammered Billon
Silver Plack.
One of the rarer monarchs for this denomination. Sold with old tickets. Spink 5349. £155
WSC-6949: Scottish James IV Hammered
Silver Twelve Penny Groat. A high grade example of this scarce Light Coinage issue of 1496 -
1413. QR (quartus) at the end of the obverse legend and two stars by
the neck.
James V
WSC-6486: James V Hammered Billon
Silver Plack.
First coinage, 1513-36. Sold with an old ticket. Spink 5381. £165
WSC-6799: James V Scottish Stuart
Hammered Billon Silver Bawbee. Third coinage, 1538 – 1542. Annulet over the obverse 1
so Spink 5384. 1.89
grams, 23mm. Rarer
monarch. £235
WSC-7011:
Mary Queen of
Scots Hammered 11/12 Alloy Silver Plack or Fourpence. First
period before marriage, 1542-58 but dated 1557.
Crowned shield dividing MR. Spink 5437. Uncommon. £95 RESERVED (G.P.27-1-21)
WSC-7024: Scottish Mary Hammered
Billon Silver Bawbee or Sixpence. First period, pre marriage,
1542-8. An issue of ¾ alloy struck at
WSC-6885: 1575 Scottish James VI
Hammered Silver Half Merk or Noble. Second coinage, rare date. Better grade with an extremely clear
date. Spink 5478. £349
WSC-6809: 1599 James VI Hammered
Silver Scottish Ten Shillings. Seventh issue, Spink 5493.
Nice grade and a desirable date.
£385
WSC-6109: Scottish James VI Hammered
Silver 30 Shillings. Initial mark Thistle.
The rarer Type II variety - Spink 5504. £245
WAu-7017: 1601 Scottish James 1st
Hammered GOLD Sword and Sceptre Piece.
Circulated at 120 shillings. Eighth coinage – the first date in this very
short serious that predated the King’s accession to the English throne. Spink 5460. Old crease mark. The population (and economy) of
Charles 1st
WSC-6946: Scottish Charles 1st
UNRECORDED Hammered Silver 40 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-5367: Scotland Charles 1st
Hammered Silver 20d. Third coinage, 1637 – 42.
Briot’s machine made issue. £95
WSC-6687: Scottish Charles 1st
Hammered Silver 2 Shillings. Fourth coinage of 1642.
Spink 5593.
Rare.
£155
WSC-6623: Scottish Charles 1st
Hammered Silver 3 Shillings. Fourth coinage of 1642.
Spink 5592.
Rare.
£225
WSC-6015: Scottish Charles 1st
Hammered Silver 12 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-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-6565: Scottish Charles 1st
High Grade Copper Turner. Earl of Stirling coinage, 1632-39. Spink 5601. The rarer type 4a with im
Saltire both sides.
Probably a contemporary counterfeit although Spink suggest these are
mainly im Lis and
Lion. Choice. £98
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
WSC-6877: Scottish Charles 1st
Copper Turner. Earl
of Stirling coinage, 1632-39. Spink 5599e. Part of
a single deceased collection put together from the 1960's onwards with this ticket where this
coin cost ten shillings way back when. Type 2e with im stop & saltire. A nice grade coin.
£55
Milled Coinage
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-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-6096: 1677 Charles II Scottish
Silver 1/16th Dollar. Second coinage and interestingly, the only denomination in the
series to have a reverse Saltire Cross. High grade for issue. Spink 5624. £325
WSC-5838: 1682 over 1680 Scottish
Charles II Silver ¼ Dollar. Second coinage, good grade for issue. £235
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
William II
WSC-6698: 1695 Scottish William II
Copper BAWBEE. Spink 5690 where it’s
given very high values in the 2015 price guide.
£129
WSC-6717: 1695 Scottish William II
Silver 40 Shillings. A large Scottish silver coin in remarkably good grade for the
issue. Spink
5679. Ex Spink,
ex Coincraft (their ticket here). Rare in this grade. £445
WSC-6626: 1697 Scottish William II
Silver 40 Shillings. A large Scottish silver coin in remarkably good grade for the
issue. Spink 5682 (Spink 2015:
£675, £2,250). Rare in
this grade. £645 RESERVED
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 now very much out date Spink 2015 price guide (there is a new revised
edition coming out later this year with I’m sure more realistic, up to date
pricing) – there are certainly EF areas to this coin. A very rare coin in this
grade. £395
James Francis
Edward Stuart – The Old Pretender
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
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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
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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