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Scottish Silver Coins and Tokens, 1664-1807, From the Collection of the Late Harrington Manville

Harrington Emerson Manville

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№ 74

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15 September 2015

Hammer Price:
£200

Charles II (1649-1685), First coinage, Half-Merks (2), both 1669, type II, leaved thistle below bust, reads dei · gra ·, stop after date, 3.08g/6h, no stop after gra or date, 2.80g/9h (D 36; M 1598-1600; B 3, 4; S 5614; KM. 101) [2]. Obverses fine but second somewhat scratched, reverses better, first cleaned in the past £150-200

Provenance: First ‘Norwich’ Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 62, 30 June 2004, lot 688 [from Bowers & Ruddy 1978]; second J. Davidson Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 59, 7 October 2003, lot 948 (part) [from J.H. Daniels], SNC February 2004 (SCO 237)