Watch List notes:

James V (1513-42), Groat of one shilling and six pence, Edinburgh mint, second coinage [1526-39], type I, mantled bust right with double-arched crown within beaded inner linear circle, legend surrounds +IΛCOBVS 5 DEI GRΛ REX SCOTOR, double annulet stops. Rev, pointed shield with lion rampant at centre, over long cross fourchée within linear circle, reads VILLΛ:EDINBRVGHX, 2.57g (S.5376; SCBI 35 [Scottish], 910-12; B. 23, fig. 724; SCBI 58 [Edinburgh Museum], 43-50). A pleasing example of Renaissance portraiture, simplistic yet imposing in its style and overall aesthetic. Fully centred in strike with a light grey cabinet tone, darker in the recesses, legends legible with few soft spots. The portrait consistently well detailed, perhaps a little softness in the initial strike. Rev, lion rampant much as struck. Very fine, very rare.

Ex. Mark Senior, bt April 2000.
Ex. CNG, Marian A. Sinton collection Auction 53, 15th March 2000, Lot 2367, hammer price $860 USD without buyer's premium.