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WSC-9013: 1682 Charles II Large Scottish Milled Dollar or Four Merks. Second coinage with standard 180 degree die rotation. The same size as an English Charles II silver crown. Falconer's issue (F before the left facing bust of Charles II), S.R. 5618. Following on from the first coinage four Merk issue, the dies for this piece were redesigned with the reverse Latin legend now referring separately to Scotland and England. The new coin was authorised by "An act anent the Coyne" of 25th February 1675 (first issued in 1676) and although officially referred to as a "four merk piece", it later became known as a dollar. The 1681 and 1682 coins were officially raised in value to 56 shillings (from 53s, 4d). The denomination was never to be seen again after this date; later similar sized coins being sixty shillings. The mark on the king's cheek looks to be a planchet flaw prior to the dies. See here. Sometime cleaned, an unusual 2 in the date, very good grade for issue and a very rare denomination indeed. £885

WTH-9073: 1588 Elizabeth 1^st Hammered Silver Tudor Sixpence. Sixth issue, initial mark Crescent, S.R. 2578A. 1588 as a date represents a frequency of 0.2% for the 2,716 recorded single finds of Elizabeth 1st coins and 0.2% for all 5,588 recorded Elizabeth 1st hoard coins. 1588 is the fourth rarest of all forty two dates. The famous Spanish Armada date and although only 4^th rarest in the “league table”, this date is arguably the most sought after of all dates. If you check prices in previous (proper) coin auctions, you’ll see some very high prices, especially in the States, and don’t forget there’s 30% buyer’s commission on top of those prices. Interestingly, this coin looks to have been a 15-- die where the final 8 has been added, presumably because this was a time of austerity where relatively few coins were struck; the thought being that these dies could be used over several years without the need to overdate. The October 2026 Noonan's sale witnessed a similar 1588 sixpence go through for nearly £850 after commissions, making this coin look remarkably cheap at half the price of the Noonan's coin! £485

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WSax-9445: Kings of Northumbria Anglo-Saxon Styca. Late Styca coinage D - the Archiepiscopal issues: Archbishop Wigmund of York, AD 837-49/50. The moneyer is EDILVEHRD. The styca followed on from the earlier silver sceat issues during the Anglo-Saxon period, becoming increasingly debased; devolving from silver, to silver alloys, to copper alloys. An illustration as to just how powerful these clerics were lies in the gold solidus (S.R. 863A), issued by Wigmund (it being the only gold coin issued in the entire Saxon period, other than the King Coenwulf gold penny and the much earlier Thrymsas), potentially as an ecclesiastical gift, at about the time of this coin. Interestingly, they have the moneyer's name normal but the Archbishop's name retrograde. Well centred, good intelligible legends. £185

WSC-9446: 1695 William II of Scotland Milled Silver Five Shillings. King's bust left with mark of value below; crowned thistle. S.R.5688. Following on from the death of his wife, Mary Stuart in 1694, William of Orange, who was as foreign as the future German George 1st (although William could at least speak English!), actually made quite a mark on this country. Invited to England by Parliament in 1688, although married to Mary (his first cousin) in 1677, William was famous for The Glorious Revolution, the Battle of the Boyne, the Massacre of Glencoe and the wider suppression of the Jacobites, and the Treaty of Ryswick which ended the Nine Years War with France. As well as all that, The Bank of England was founded during his reign and of particular interest to numismatists, the Great Re-Coinage of 1696 was undertaken on his watch. Although he wasn't responsible for the Act of Union in 1705, William III of England was William II of Scotland - ironic in that William died of a horse riding accident, just as Alexander III of Scotland had done a few centuries earlier. There was very much a dearth of currency in Scotland at this time and so what was available was used much more frequently than south of the border, thus drastically increasing the rate of wear. Old tickets here. Invariably, Scottish coinage turns up either worn, damaged or both. This is a remarkable survivor. Rare thus. £395

Provenance:

ex William Clarke

WI-9447: Edward IV Irish Anonymous Crown Issue Penny. First reign, 1461-70, but struck a little before the coronation, circa 1460. This was due to the prevailing uncertainties of the English War of the Roses resulting in any form of regnal name being omitted from the issue. To further distinguish it from the heavier English issues, it bore the distinctive device of a large crown on the obverse. A normal long cross reverse, two annulets in opposite quarters: CIVI TAS DVBL INIE - struck in Dublin. Only the third only such example in at least 20 years to surface. The January 2020 CNG example weighed in at 0.54g whereas this coin weighs a much healthier 0.70g. The other example to be sold this century was from the famous La Riviere collection, although it should be noted that the La Riviere example did not have reverse annulets. A tiny issue anyway but an issue that Edward IV, once monarch, would not have been particularly happy with. Being such a distinctive issue, it would have been easily and expeditiously recalled into the melting pot to make way for coinage with both the king's face and name. Excessively rare. £3,975