Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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SCOTLAND. 4 Merks, 1664. Edinburgh Mint; mm: thistle. Charles II. NGC F Details--Obverse Damage.
S-5604; KM-104.1; Burns-1 (fig. 1048). Weight: 26.35 gms. First Coinage. Very attractive with dark lilac-grey tone and smooth surfaces. Well centered with nearly full denticles and uniform detail throughout. A pair of small but deliberate punches are noted at the portrait's jaw line. These marks are undoubtedly ancient and now serve as convenient pedigree markers. A RARE issue with perhaps fewer than 10 distinct pieces sold at auction in the past 15 years. This is among the more desirable survivors with an impressive pedigree stretching back to 1903 through many significant collections.
From the Loch Ness Collection.
S-5604; KM-104.1; Burns-1 (fig. 1048). Weight: 26.35 gms. First Coinage. Very attractive with dark lilac-grey tone and smooth surfaces. Well centered with nearly full denticles and uniform detail throughout. A pair of small but deliberate punches are noted at the portrait's jaw line. These marks are undoubtedly ancient and now serve as convenient pedigree markers. A RARE issue with perhaps fewer than 10 distinct pieces sold at auction in the past 15 years. This is among the more desirable survivors with an impressive pedigree stretching back to 1903 through many significant collections.
From the Loch Ness Collection.
Ex: Spink (9/2006) Lot # 502.
Ex: Harrington Manville Collection.
Ex: Clonterbrook Trust Collection (Glendining - 6/1974) Lot # 341.
Ex: Lockett Collection (Glendining - 10/1960) Lot # 950.
Ex: Bearman Collection (Baldwin 1922) purchased en bloc.
Ex: Wakley Collection (Sotheby's - 12/1909) Lot # 347 (part).
Ex: Murdoch Collection (Sotheby's - 5/1903) Lot # 342 (part).
Estimate: $1000 - $1500