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

James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Eighth coinage, Thistle Merk, 1604, stop after scotorvm, 6.64g/10h (SCBI 58, 1588, same rev. die; SCBI 35, –; cf. B fig. 943; S 5497). Good very fine, some scratches in fields, light grey tone, very rare £600-£800

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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Bridgewater House Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-16 June 1972, lot 516; North Yorkshire Moors Collection (Part III), DNW Auction 168, 29 January 2020, lot 1028

A complete recoinage was ordered at the Parliament held on 11 September 1601.