The Collection of Scottish Coins formed by Michael Gietzelt

James VIII (†1766), Pattern Guinea, 1716, type II, restrike by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, in silver, laureate bust left, reads iacobvs · tertius · etc, rev. cruciform shields, nothing in centre, sceptres in angles, edge plain, 8.70g/6h (Woolf 16:1; B 3, fig. 1096; S 5728). Usual rust marks on obverse die, otherwise virtually as struck and dark-toned, very rare
£1,500-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Scottish Coins formed by Michael Gietzelt.

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Provenance: Spink Auction 174, 30 June 2005, lot 205