CNG 88, Lot: 2086. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles II. 1649-1685. AR Merk (28mm, 6.53 g, 9h). First coinage, type II. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1664. CAROLVS · II · DEI · GRA ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; small thistle below / · MAG BRI · FRA ET · HIB REX · 16 64, cruciform coats-of-arms around XIII/4 (denomination); crowned monogram in angles. Burns 1 (fig. 1051); Murray, Scottish, 12; SCBC 5611. Near VF, toned, large die break on the obverse.

Ex M. G. Linger Collection.