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Auction: 24126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 38: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 2290

Scotland, James V (1513-1542), Third Coinage 1538-1542, Billon Bawbee, crowned thistle dividing I-5, rev. crown on saltire, lis either side, 1.05g, 9h (SCBI 35 [Ashmoleon & Hunterian], 959-968; S.5384), chip and dent to edge, some softness to central devices, the legends better, about very fine; also James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Eighth Coinage, Quarter-Thistle Merk of Forty Pence, [1602?], crowned shield, rev. crowned thistle, 1.62g, 6h (SCBI 35 [Ashmoleon & Hunterian], 1300-1304; S.5499), chipped to edge and soft through date, with a dark cabinet tone, pleasing to thistle leaves, about very fine; Billon Eighteenpence Groat or Plack, Edinburgh, shield with rampant lion, rev. thistle, 1.56g, 5h (SCMB 35 [Ashmolean & Hunterian], 1316-1319; S.5512), softness in parts, bold fine (3)

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