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 :, 3.12g/9h (D 38; M 30; SCBI 35 –; B 6 var.; S 5614; KM. 101). Metal fault in field in front of bust and a die flaw on reverse, otherwise good fine £150-200

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Provenance: Morton & Eden Auction 57, 3-4 July 2012, lot 751