CNG 100, Lot: 1070. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Laurel – 20 Shillings (35mm, 8.93 g, 5h). Third coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: thistle. Struck 1621-1623. (thistle) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET HIB : REX, laureate, draped, and armored bust left; XX (mark of value) behind / FACIAM EOS IN GENTIAM VNAM (thistle), crowned coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Schneider –; North 2113; SCBC 2638A. Near VF, small depression on obverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from J.J. Van Grover, August 1975.