A Seriously Exceptional
Charles I
“Scotland”
Twenty Pence Piece.
(2nd Coinage)
Briot’s Hammered Issue of 1636.
(S.5550)
With a magnificently well struck portrait & fabulous centrality.
Reverse Legend: IVST . THRONVM . FIRMAT .
This superb & rare coin has a truly exceptional overall strike quality with a superb portrait of a clarity which is just not seen on this issue. Normally flat struck and further circulated to destruction, this series is notorious for showing up in bent up basal state.
(** See photo of a typical clapped out forty pence in the Scottish specialised catalogue, which apparently was the best example they could muster !)
This is most probably the Finest Extant Specimen.
In our opinion the coin is unique in this grade.
A “Must Have” for the serious collector of hammered coins.
£595
This superb & rare coin has a truly exceptional overall strike quality with a superb portrait of a clarity which is just not seen on this issue. Normally flat struck and further circulated to destruction, this series is notorious for showing up in bent up basal state.
(** See photo of a typical clapped out forty pence in the Scottish specialised catalogue, which apparently was the best example they could muster !)
This is most probably the Finest Extant Specimen.
In our opinion the coin is unique in this grade.
A “Must Have” for the serious collector of hammered coins.
£595