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Auction: 21124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 9: British and World Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 6466

Scotland, Coppers and Billon Hammered Coins (8), James V (1513-1542), Third Coinage, Billon Bawbee of Sixpence, 1538-1542, Edinburgh, annulet over I, 1.83g, 5h (Spink 5384), pierced with verdigris, fine or better for issue; also, Mary, Queen of Scots (2), First Period, Billon Bawbee of Sixpence, 1542-1558, 1.93g, 1h (Spink 5432), verdigris encrusted and porous, otherwise struck details a bolder fine; another, similar, 1.73g, 11h, fair; also, James VI (1567-1625) (2), Eightpenny Groat, Edinburgh, OPPID EDINB, beaded inner circles, 1.37g (Spink 5513), square-cut and porous being only 25% silver, almost fine for issue; another, AE Twopence or Turner, 3.74g, 10h (Spink 5521), fair; lastly, Charles I, Coinages of 1642-1650, AE Twopence or Turner, reads LACESSET (2), 3.24g, 7h; 2.13g, 9h (Spink 5602), the first pierced, fair, the second, corroded but about fine; and, Charles II, Coinage of 1677, AE Turner or Bodle, 2.33g, 6h (Spink 5630ff), poor; a dishevelled Elizabethan Sixpence, cracked and poor; finally, a Fantasy or 'Emery' Penny of 1547, 1.48g, a skillful but obvious 19th Century copy, an amusing novelty of a famous historical figure (10)

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£320

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