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

James VIII (†1766), Pattern Guinea, 1716, type II, restrike by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, in silver, laureate bust left, iacobvs · tertius ·, rev. cruciform shields, nothing in centre, sceptres in angles, edge plain, 7.79g/6h (Woolf 16:1 [Sale, lot 65]; D 186; B 3, fig. 1096; S 5728; Bruce XPT 3). Usual rust marks on obverse die, otherwise virtually as struck and dark-toned, very 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