| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 33 Price realized: 330 GBP (Approx. 416 USD / 385 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Scotland, Charles I (1625-49), silver Twelve Shillings, Third Coinage (c. 1637-42), type IV, second milled issue by John Falconer with F at end of obverse legend, initial mark thistle, crowned and draped bust left just breaking inner circle, value XII behind head, inner beaded circle legend and outer beaded circle surrounding both sides, legend commences upper right, CAROLVS. D: G. MAGN. BRITAN. FRANC. ET. HIB. REX. F, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, crowned C over lozenge to left, crowned R over lozenge to right, inner beaded circle legend and outer beaded circle surrounding both sides, legend commences upper right, QVÆ. DEVS. CONIVNXIT. NEMO. SEPARET., 5.69g (Burns 42 fig. 1020; Murray 1; SCBI 35, 1502ff; S.5561). Lightly toned, wear to higher points but great clarity in both legends, very fine. The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse "What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder" - taken from the Bible. Starting price: 300 GBP |  |
