CNG 100, Lot: 1071. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Half Laurel – 10 Shillings (28mm, 4.50 g, 4h). Third coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: rose. Struck 1620-1621. (thistle) IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET HIB : REX, laureate, draped, and armored bust left; X (mark of value) behind / HENRIC VS ROSAS REGNA (rose) IACOBVS, crowned coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Schneider 90 var. (bust variety); North 2117 var. (same); SCBC 2641. VF, slightly irregular flan.

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