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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2005

(x) PCGS VF35 | Scotland, Mary, Fifth Period, Second Widowhood (1567), "Crookeston Dollar" or Ryal of 30-Shillings, 1567, Edinburgh, MARIA • DEI • GRA • SCOTORVM • REGINA, M over mis-aligned M in SCOTORVM, crowned Scottish shield, dividing two thistles, rev. EXVRGAT • DEVS • & • DISSIPENT(R) • INIMICI EI 9, T ovber large R in DISSIPENT, second I of INIMICI over misplaced C, tortoise climbing palm tree, DAT GLORIA VIRES on scroll set atop, 30.04g, 9h (cf. Douglas 1997, lot 348 same dies; St. pp. 89-90; Burns, fig 912; Spink 5429), a faint historic scratch in reverse field otherwise uniformly toned, the die sinker's errors remarkably clear, a really good fine, rare, in PCGS holder, graded VF35 (Cert. #40936156)

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40936156

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£1200