An Offering of Rare Milled Scottish Issues

CNG 88, Lot: 2084. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles II. 1649-1685. AR Four Merks (39mm, 25.74 g, 3h). First coinage, type I. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1664. CAROLVS · II · DEI · GRA, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; thistle above / · MAG · BRI · FRA · ET · HIB · REX · 16 64, cruciform coats-of-arms around LIII/4 (denomination); crowned monogram in angles. Burns 1 (fig. 1048); Murray, Scottish, 1; SCBC 5604. Near Fine, toned.

Ex M. G. Linger Collection.