Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR Half merk (33mm, 5.72 g, 9h). Second coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1576. Crowned coat-of-arms; numerals 6 and 8 flanking / Cross fleurée with five-rayed star at center; alternating crowns and thistles in quarters; thistles in first and fourth quarters. SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) –; SCBC 5478. Near VF, toned, some waekness of strike. Rare date.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.