Watch List notes:

SCOTTISH COINS, Charles II (1649-1685), First coinage, Half-Merk, 1672, type II, leaved thistle below bust, triple pellet stops after dei, 3.21g/6h (D 39; M 31; SCBI 35 –; B 7 var.; S 5614; KM. 101). Tiny rim fault by d of dei (and consequent in reverse field), some light die clash marks, otherwise very fine and toned £200-300

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Provenance: With Spink September 1976; 'Magnus' Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 1006