CNG 88, Lot: 2089. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles II. 1649-1685. AR Half Merk (23mm, 3.01 g, 6h). First coinage, type II. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1668. CAROLVS · II · DEI · GRA ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; thistle below / MAG BRI · FRA ET · HIB REX · 16 68, cruciform coats-of-arms around VI/8 (denomination); crowned monogram in angles. Burns 1-7 (fig. 1053 corr.) var. (date); Murray, Scottish, 27; SCBC 5614. Good Fine, toned. Rare.

Ex M. G. Linger Collection; Clonterbrook Trust Collection (Glendining, 7 June 1974), lot 345 (part of); Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part XI, Glendining, 26 October 1960), lot 957 (part of).