Important British and World Coinsxx

James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Half-Merk or Noble, 1580, mm. cross on rev. only, five pellets to crown, rev. crown in first and fourth quarters, thistle in second and third, 6.52g/3h (SCBI 35, 1227; SCBI 58, 1415-16; B 13; S 5478). Striking cracks at 5 and 7 o’clock and weak in places, sometime cleaned, otherwise nearly very fine £120-150

Provenance: Bt Spink January 1981