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Auction: 6029 - The Lucien LaRiviere Collection - Scottish Coins & Medals
Lot: 168

x James VI, Half Merk or Noble (6s. 8d; official wt 104 3/4 gr. = 6.79g.; 0.666 fine), 1572, 6.76g., crowned shield between mark of value 6-8, rev. ornate cross with crowns and thistles in alternate angles, star in centre (B. 3, fig. 926; St. 184; S. 5478), has been turned over in the die, clear traces of the obverse type showing on the reverse, otherwise an unusually full round coin, very fine Estimate £ 200-250provenance: Murray, Spink auction 57, 29 April 1987, lot 260

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