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LM41834

Scotland, Charles II 1681/0, 1 of date struck over 0, 1/16th-Dollar

Regular price £450
Regular price Sale price £450

Scotland, Charles II (1649-85), silver Sixteenth Dollar, 1680, the 1 struck over 0, laureate and draped bust left, F before bust drapery presumably for Thomas Falconer, outer beaded circle with legend surrounding, CAROLVS. II. .DEI. GRA. rev. crown at centre of saltire cross, emblems of the Kingdom in each angle, date in legend, .SCO. ANG. FRA. ET.HIB. REX. 1681, edge plain, 1.74g (SCBI 35:1645-48; Burns 4, fig 1058; S.5624). Toned, good very fine.

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."

The overdate is not obvious but there is a short raised line to the right of the 1 resembling part of the curvature of the 0.

Provenance:

Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, Spring 2016, List 28, item 723.

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