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Sale 108
NY International Coin Auction January 8-10, 2019
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Lot 1282 |
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Scotland, James VI (1567-1625), after Accession to English throne. Gold Unit of £12 Scottish, £1 English, ninth coinage (1604-09), crowned armoured half-length figure of King right, holding orb and sceptre, crown and sceptre breaks inner beaded border surrounding with Latin legend, initial mark thistle.IACOBVS. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. &. HIB'. REX ., Rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, English arms quartered with France feature twice, I to left, R to right, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark thistle.FACIAM. EOS. IN. GENTEM. VNAM., weight 9.92g (Burns 1 fig.987; S.5463; Fr.48; KM.28). Just a little weakly struck at one part of head and on corresponding part of reverse, with a light hint of red tone, good very fine. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
Ex A H Baldwin & Son, auction 44, 2nd May 2006, lot 837.
The issue of these Scottish Units was annexed into the English Proclamation of coinage of the 16th November 1604, and an "exchange rate" can clearly be seen demonstrated of 12 Scottish pounds to one English Pound of Twenty Shilling.The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James the Sixth, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse "I will make them one nation."
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$4,560 |
Lot 1283 |
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Scotland, Charles I (1625-49). Gold Half-Unit or Double Crown, first coinage (1625-35), crowned bust of James VI of Scotland right with altered chin and beard, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, initial mark thistle both sides.CAROLVS. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. &. HIB. REX. Rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, C struck over I to left, R to right, HENRICVS. ROSAS. REGNA IACOBVS., weight 4.92g (Burns 2 fig.1031; S.5528; Fr.49; KM.53). A little double struck with a well defined portrait of the previous King, good very fine and extremely rare. Estimate Value $15,000 - UP
Ex Robert William Cochrane-Patrick, Sotheby 8th March 1936, sold for £28 hammer. Ex Richard Cyril Lockett, Scottish & Irish part, Glendining, 19th June 1957, lot 403 sold for £150 hammer. Ex The Douglas Collection, Spink Auction 119, 4th March 1997 lot 321.
The change of monarch required a change of coinage by Act of Privy Council of the 15th April 1625 for a new portrait and legend upon the coinages. With the gold denominations broadly the same portrait punches were used as per that of James VI with just a slight alteration to the beard and hair around the ear with the reverse dies reused with the C of Charles cut over the old I of James. The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse "Henry the roses, James the kingdoms" referring to James VI of Scotland becoming also James I of England from 1603.
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$15,600 |
Lot 1284 |
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Scotland, Charles I (1625-49). Gold Half-Unit or Double Crown, Nicholas Briot's coinage (1637-42), crowned and draped bust left to bottom of coin, Scottish styled crown on head with central fleur de lis (engraved over an English cross), B below for Briot, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, CAR. D: G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIB. Rex, small x at end of legend, Rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, crowned C with lozenge below to left, crowned R with lozenge below to right, VNITA. TVEMVR., lozenge stops, weight 4.92g (Burns 6 fig. 1035; S.5534; Fr.58; KM.54). Light adjustment marks on the breast, hairline scratch on forehead to field, light red patchy tone, otherwise a bold very fine and unusual with the tiny terminal X to legend, rare. Estimate Value $8,000 - UP
Ex Angus Sutherland Collection, Spink Coin Auction 64, 23rd June 1988, lot 121. Ex Spink Coin Auction, 28th March 2012, lot 1005.
The Lords of Secret Council had sanctioned the use of Briot's mill and screw press for the minting of coinage on the 12th January 1637, at first for silver coins only, however, from 19th October 1637 a warrant was issued to strike gold coins from gold supplied from the Guinea coastline by the African Company. Direction was given on 14th December 1637 to Nicholas Briot and his son-in-law John Falconer at Edinburgh to issue Units, Halves and Quarters in the same specification as the first issue albeit now machine made by the screw press. The "Scottish Crown" version was struck later than the "English Crown" version as the fleur de lis that denotes it, is engraved over the cross pattée at centre of the crown. The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse "These united, we guard."
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$9,300 |
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