This week’s fresh listings:

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Additions to www.HistoryInCoins.com for week commencing Tuesday 12th August 2025

WSC-9186: Mary Queen of Scots Hammered Billon Silver HALF Bawbee. First period, 1542-58 before marriage, value 3d. An issue of 3/4 alloy. Edinburgh.  Voided saltire cross, S.R. 5436.  Slight bend at 11 o'clock due to the plough but no crack and nothing that can't easily be remedied, if so desired. I've handled very few of this denomination over the past decades, this being by far the best example I've had in terms of both grade and silver content.  Rare thus.   £445

WSC-9187: 1547 Mary Queen of Scots Hammered Billon Silver PORTRAIT Penny. First period, 1542-58, before marriage although this coin represents the very first portrait issue of Mary - she was just 5 years old in 1547, so a long time before the first marriage. Facing infant head of the very young Mary with an arched crown. The reverse is a cross fourchee with cinquefoils and crowns in alternate angles. Edinburgh mint. Burns 3 (fig 864), SCBI 71 (Stewartby), S.R. 5440. Very few coins in the reign of this iconic monarch had a portrait of the queen so if you collect by portrait, this is for you. Old tickets here. An exceedingly rare coin, it being the second only that I've handled in many a decade. £1,550

Provenance:

ex DNW 2009, sold to

ex Raymond collection

WSC-9189: 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 right so this is S.R. 5447

.  If you're scratching your head over the derivation of the term "nonsunt", look no further than the reverse legend.  Rarely seen these days. £585

Provenance:

ex DNW 2021