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LM41840

Scotland, Charles II 1681 1/16th Dollar

Regular price £650
Regular price Sale price £650

Scotland, Charles II (1649-85), silver Sixteenth Dollar, 1681, 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, 1.63g (SCBI 35:1645-48; Burns 4, fig 1058; S.5624). Toned, one patch of weakness on reverse otherwise extremely 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 MacDonald Collection, Baldwin of St James Auction 29, 19th March 2019, lot 1421.

Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, list 34, item 341.

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