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19 February 2025

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

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To be sold on: 19 February 2025

Estimate: £300–£400

William II (1694-1702), Ten Shillings, 1699, no stops on obv., 4.41g/12h (SCBI 35, 1759, same dies; B p.519; S 5687). Some surface marks, otherwise good fine, the date extremely rare £300-£400

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

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DNW Auction 104, 5 December 2012, lot 765

At the time of the sale of his collection in 1987 [Spink Auction 57], Col. Murray notes there is no example of this date in the British Museum, the Ashmolean or the National Museum of Scotland (then the NMAS). Dodds estimates that there are less than 10 specimens known.