429, Lot: 638. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Half Merk (25mm, 3.17 g, 4h). Second coinage, Briot’s hammered issue. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle. Struck 1636. Crowned and armored bust left; VI/8 (mark of value) behind / Crowned coat-of-arms. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1420; SCBC 5546. Fine, toned, creased and flattened.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex Finn FPL 19 [Memorial List] (2000), no. 370.