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Auction 73  15 Mar 2023
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Lot 87

Estimate: 1200 GBP
Price realized: 2200 GBP
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James VI, ryal ('sword dollar'), first coinage c. 1567 – 1571 (d. 1570), crowned shield dividing IR, IACOBVS 6 DEI GRATIA REX SCOTORVM, rev. crowned sword, pointing hand on left, XXX on right, countermark of the revaluation of 1578, raising its value from 30/- to 36/9, PRO ME SI MEREOR IN ME, wt. 30.09gms (S.5472), a bold very fine, scarce
*ex Marion B Sinton
ex DNW, October 2004, lot 722
ex Mark Rasmussen, December 2006, purchased for £725
The reverse counter stamp is on the right of the sword; all others the cataloguer has seen have it to the left of the sword
Burns fig. 921 no. 5

Estimate: 1200 - 1500 GBP
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