Watch List notes:

James VI, half merk ('noble'), second coinage (d. 1576), crowned shield between 6 and 8, seven pellets to belt of crown, IACOBV (no S) 6 G DEI GRATIA REX SCOTORVM, rev. ornate cross, crowns in first and third quarters of the cross, thistles in second and fourth quarters, SALVVM FAC POPVLVM TVVM DNE 1576, wt. 6.78gms (S.5478), well struck, about very fine, scarce in this condition, a rare date
*ex Spink, c. February 2008
Burns fig. 926 for the type, date not represented; Burns mentions an example from the Pollexfen collection, dated 1576 and with thistles in first and third quarters of the cross on the reverse
None in Richardson or SCBI vol. 35

Estimate: 250 - 350 GBP