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

James VIII (†1766), Pattern Guinea, 1716, type I, restrike by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, in silver, laureate bust right, iacobvs · viii · · dei · gratia ·, rev. cruciform shields, thistle in centre, sceptres in angles, edge plain, 7.86g/5h (Woolf 33:2 [Sale, lot 99]; D 183; B 2, fig. 1095; S 5725; Bruce XPT 4a). Usual rust marks on obverse die, otherwise virtually as struck, rare £1,000-1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Scottish Silver Coins and Tokens, 1664-1807, From the Collection of the Late Harrington Manville.

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Provenance: Bt Spink June 1960