Watch List notes:

SCOTTISH COINS, Charles II (1649-1685), First coinage, Half-Merk, 1671, type II, leaved thistle below bust, straight ribbons to hair, reads dei ·, 3.03g/6h (D 38; M 30; SCBI 35 –; B 6; S 5614; KM. 101). Small metal fault on English shield, otherwise good very fine and attractively toned £300-400

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Provenance: Bt Baldwin November 1995