CNG 109, Lot: 1063. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Anne. 1702-1714. AR Five shillings (20mm, 2.20 g, 12h). Before Union issue. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1705/4. Draped bust left, with hair tied in fillet; 5 (mark of value) below bust / Crowned thistle with three flowers. Burns 2 and fig. 1084; cf. SCBC 5703. EF, once cleaned, now retoning, minor adjustment marks and hairline die break in legend on obverse, cleaning marks on reverse.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.