From the Dundee Collection

CNG 102, Lot: 1550. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (37mm, 9.95 g, 5h). First coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle. Struck 1625-1634. · (thistle) · CAROLVS · D’ · G’ · MAG · BRIT’ · FRAN’ · & · HIB’ · REX ·, crowned and armored James I bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; pellet before thistle / · (thistle) · FACIAM · EOS · IN · GENTEM · VNAM ·, crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame; C R across field. Burns 1 (fig. 1030/1031; obv./rev. – same dies); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1390/1388 (obv./rev. – same dies); SCBC 5527. Good VF, area of double strike in legend. Rare.

From the LVL Collection. Ex Heritage 3032 (10 April 2014), lot 25950; Dundee Collection (Spink/Bowers & Ruddy, 19 February 1976), lot 289.