262, Lot: 469. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles II. 1649-1685. AR Merk (27mm, 5.95 g, 3h). First coinage, type II. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1670. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right; thistle below / Cruciform coats-of-arms around XIII/4 (denomination); crowned monogram in angles. Murray, Scottish, 17; SCBC 5611. Fine, toned. Struck from a dramatically clashed obverse die.

Ex M. G. Linger Collection.