Watch List notes:

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR Two-thirds ryal (38mm, 19.95 g, 2h). First coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1568. (cross) (triple pellets) IACOBVS · 6 · DEI · GRATIA · REX · SCOTORVM (triple pellets), crowned royal coat-of-arms; crowned I R across field / (triple pellets) PRO · ME · SI · MEREOR · IN · ME , upright sword surmounted by crown; hand pointing toward XX (mark of value); 15 68 across field. Burns 3; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) –; SCBC 5474. A well struck specimen struck on a broad flan. Toned. Near EF. Very rare in this grade.

Ex J.K.R. Murray (Spink 57, 29 April 1987), lot 254; N. Asherson Collection (not in Spink sale); R.C. Lockett (Part I, Glendining, 18 June 1957), lot 365B..