Watch List notes:

† James I, first coinage, sovereign, mm. thistle (1603-04), crowned half-length portrait of king r., wearing plain armour, holding orb and shouldering sceptre, rev. crowned shield of arms, IR at sides (S.2608; N.2065), authenticated and graded by NGC as About Uncirculated 55, struck on a broad flan, legends well defined, lustrous with a pleasing portrait, a rare piece seldom seen compared to many other hammered gold issues (14000-16000 GBP)