CNG 88, Lot: 2088. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles II. 1649-1685. AR Half Merk (23mm, 3.12 g, 6h). First coinage, type II. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1664. CAROLVS · II · DFI · GRA ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; thistle below / · MAG BRI · FRA ET · HIB REX · 16 64, cruciform coats-of-arms around VI/8 (denomination); crowned monogram in angles. Burns 1 (fig. 1053 corr.); Murray, Scottish, 23 var. (obv. legend); SCBC 5614. Good Fine, toned. Rare variety with F punch in ‘DEI’.

Ex M. G. Linger Collection.