Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567. AR Two-thirds Ryal (35mm, 2 h). Fourth period, Mary and Henry Darnley, countermarked for revaluation of 1578. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1566. Crowned coat-of-arms; thistles flanking / Tortoise climbing crowned palm tree decorated with banner inscribed DAT GLORIA VIRES; c/m: crowned thistle. For host coin: SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) –; SCBC 5426; for c/m: SCBC, vol. 2, p. 76. In NGC encapsulation, 1877423-009, graded VF 35. Toned.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.