A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I)

Charles II (1649-1685), Merk, 1665, type II, small leaved thistle below bust, 6.35g/12h (D 17; M 13; SCBI 35 –; B 2, fig. 1051, same rev. die; S 5611; KM 102.1). Good fine or better for issue £200-£260

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

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Although a new coinage was ordered by an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed on 12 June 1661, no coins were struck until 1664. Production of Merks seems to have been fairly limited in 1664 and 1665, amounting to little more than 2,000 pieces each year.