{"product_id":"scotland-james-vi-1576-quarter-merk-extremely-rare-date-lm41835","title":"Scotland, James VI 1576 Quarter Merk, extremely rare date","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;\\'\"\u003eJames VI of Scotland (1567-1625), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;\\'\"\u003esecond coinage, base silver Quarter Merk or Half-Noble of Forty Pence, or Three Shillings and Fourpence, dated 1576, crowned Scottish arms, 3 to left, 4 to right, linear circle and legend surrounding, +.IACOBVS. 6. DEI. GRATIA. REX. SCOTORVM., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;\\'\"\u003erev.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;\\'\"\u003e five-pointed star at centre of cross with fleur and lis terminals, thistle and crown in alternate angles, linear circle and legend surrounding, +.SALVVM. FAC. POPVLVM. TVVM. DNE 1576., weight 3.47g (S.C.B.I. 35:- Ashmoleon \u0026amp; Hunterian; S.C.B.I. 58:1433 Scotland; S.C.B.I. 71:- Stewartby; Burns 4, cf.fig.929; S.5479). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;\\'\"\u003eUnevenly toned, probably from once being in the ground, good fine to almost very fine with clearer defining elements like the date, an extremely rare date it would seem judging by the institutional holdings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;\\'\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sovereign Rarities Live","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57006317994370,"sku":"LM41835","price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/5365\/3473\/files\/LM41835_0_jpg.webp?v=1793295916","url":"https:\/\/www.sovr.co.uk\/products\/scotland-james-vi-1576-quarter-merk-extremely-rare-date-lm41835","provider":"Sovereign Rarities Live","version":"1.0","type":"link"}