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Auction: 6018 - The Coinex Sale
Lot: 495

James VI, Half-Merk or Noble (6s. 8d.), 6.31g, 1572, crowned shield between 6 - 8, rev. ornate cross with crowns in second and third, and thistles in first and fourth angles (St.cf. fig.184; B.2; SCBI 35, 1218-9; S.5478), fair to fine Estimate £ 60-80 provenance .Bt Baldwin February 1974 DNW Auction 67, 28 September 2005, lot 1170 This coinage is believed to have been struck in Dalkeith castle while Edinburgh castle was in Marian hands, see Scottish Mints, p. 247.

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£50