Watch List notes:

Mary, bawbee, first period c. 1542 – 1558, issue three-fourths alloy, Before Marriage, stirling, class I (early die), crowned thistle dividing MR, M[A]RI[A] D G REGIN[A] SCOTORV, old open 'A' as on the bawbee of James V and round 'O,' rev. cross potent with cross in each angle, OPPIDVM STIRLINGI, wt. 1.87gms (S.5434), once gilt, otherwise almost very fine, very rare
*ex Michael Anderson collection – Spink 27/09/2006, lot 492
ex Spink, October 2007, purchased for £250
Burns fig. 860 no. 74 variety – contractive sign above V
Struck for Mary of Guise between June and November 1544

Estimate: 250 - 350 GBP