James I (1406-1437), First Fleur-de-lis issue, Groat, First Fleur-de-lis issue, Linlithgow, type III, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs, i at base of sceptre, lis on neck, tiny saltires on breast, lis and i in field, reads iacobvs and tracia, legend ends sco, rev. three pellets with small central pellet in first and fourth quarters, lis in second quarter, lis and pellet in third, small lis (indistinct) in centre of cross, reads ce for de, lis stops both sides, 1.99g/6h (SCBI 35, 659, same obv. die; SCBI 72, 486; B 28a, fig. 464A, same dies; S 5199). Good fine or better for issue, very rare £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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bt Spink December 2002

Edinburgh was the sole mint from the start of James’s coinage on his return to Scotland in 1424. The others, Perth, Linlithgow and Stirling began production later, the first two in the early to mid 1430s, Stirling probably rather later, c. 1440.