CNG 109, Lot: 1064. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VIII. Pretender, 1688-1766. Pattern AR Guinea (27mm, 7.71 g, 6h). Matthew Young restrike. Dies by J. Roettiers. Dated 1716, but struck 1828. Laureate and draped bust right / Crowned cruciform coat-of-arms around central Order of the Thistle over crossed scepters. Burns 1 and fig. 1064; SCBC 5634. VF, toned.

From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection, purchased from Spink. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 2440.

Although the dies were engraved in 1688 by Roettiers, no specimens are known to have been struck at that time. All extant examples were struck by the celebrated coin dealer Matthew Young in 1828. Young presented the dies to the British Museum in 1829.