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

Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Intermediate issue, Twelve Shillings, mm. thistle-head (at end of legend on obv., above crown on rev.), single lozenge stops on obv., reads mag britan fr et hib, 5.80g/9h (Murray pl. iii, 20; SCBI 35, 1458-9, same dies; B 21, fig. –; S 5559). Slight creasing, nearly very fine, rare £200-£300

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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Bt Baldwin March 1982

A single pair of dies was used for this issue which, while using many of Briot’s puncheons, especially for the reverse, shows the same style of bust as that on the first signed issue of Falconer. The bust is most unlikely to be the work of Briot and was probably made by the die-sinker Charles Dickesone working in co-operation with Briot before he left the mint in 1638. Dickesone is the most likely engraver of the coins signed by Falconer who, unlike Briot, did not produce his own dies.