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Sold on 16 September 2020

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The Collection of Scottish Coins formed by Michael Gietzelt

Michael Gietzelt

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№ 187

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16 September 2020

Hammer Price:
£2,200

James VIII (†1766), Pattern Guinea, 1716, type II, restrike by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, in silver, laureate bust left, reads iacobvs · tertius · etc, rev. cruciform shields, nothing in centre, sceptres in angles, edge plain, 8.70g/6h (Woolf 16:1; B 3, fig. 1096; S 5728). Usual rust marks on obverse die, otherwise virtually as struck and dark-toned, very rare
£1,500-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Scottish Coins formed by Michael Gietzelt.

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Provenance: Spink Auction 174, 30 June 2005, lot 205