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DG08655

Scotland, Charles II 1680 Eighth Dollar

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Scotland, Charles II (1649-85), silver Eighth Dollar, 1680, laureate and draped bust left, F in front of drapery presumably for Thomas Falconer, outer beaded circle with legend surrounding, CAROLVS. II. .DEI. GRA., rev. pair of interlinked Cs at centre of crowned cruciform shields, thistles in angles, date either side of top crown, .SCO ANG.FR ET.HIB REX., edge plain, weight 3.25g (Burns 3; S.5622). Toned, struck a little off-centre, good very fine, rare denomination.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles by the Grace of God," and on the reverse "King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland."

Provenance:

Ex MacDonald Collection, Baldwin of St James, Auction 29, 19th March 2019, lot 1416.

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