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Scotland, Charles I 30 Shillings, image of James VI, no punctuation on obverse
Scotland, Charles I (1625-49), silver Thirty Shillings, first coinage (1625-34), equestrian portrait of armoured King James VI on horseback right, holding upright sword, smooth ground line below, legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, initial mark thistle, no punctuation in obverse legend, all Ns inverted, CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT FRAN & HIB REX, rev. quartered shield of arms, beaded circles and legend surrounding, initial mark thistle, .QVÆ. DEVS. CONIVNXIT. NEMO. SEPERET., weight 14.72g (cf.Burns 2, fig.997; Bull 2/L9 (Scot); S.5541). Perhaps once cleaned, now lightly toned, a couple of light hairline scratches in field, otherwise good fine and a very rare no punctuation variety not recorded in Burns.
The Latin legends translate as "Charles by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" on the obverse, and "What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder" on the reverse, a Psalm taken from the Bible.
Out of the 19 die varieties that Maurice Bull records of the type I coinage of Charles I depicting James VI on horseback, only this one die variety has the legend without stops.
Provenance:
Ex Stephen Harvey, Numismatist of Beverley Hills California, List of March 2013.