CNG 88, Lot: 2096. Estimate $400. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles II. 1649-1685. AR Merk (27mm, 6.43 g, 9h). First coinage, type III. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1675. CAROLVS · II · DEI : GRA ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; F below / · MAG BRI · FRA ET · HIB REX · 16 75, cruciform coats-of-arms around XIII/4 (denomination); crowned monogram in angles. Burns 14 (fig. 1052); Murray, Scottish, 22; SCBC 5612. Good VF, toned.

Ex M. G. Linger Collection.