A rare Scottish Forty-Shilling piece of James VI, has recently featured on the ‘English hammered and early milled coin collectors’ group of Facebook. The coin is of interest for reasons briefly discussed in this article.
The Forty-Shilling piece of James VI revisited – David Rampling
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Hello David,
My name is Jim Stewart. I have had an interest in the coins of James VI for many years and started my collection in the 1990’s. I was delighted to read your article on the Forty-Shilling Pieces which I found very informative. I believe I am in possession of coin number ’10’ from the W. W. Woodside Collection which I purchased in 1999. Michael Sharp then at Baldwins acted on behalf in the purchase and we did at the time correspond on the provenance of the piece. On checking my notes it is clear that we suspected that the piece had featured in the Thellusson sale held by Sotheby in October 1931 although Michael could not confirm this at the time. The piece did feature in SNC of January 1978 before then appearing in the Triton III sale on 1 December 1999 when I made the purchase. I would be happy to forward an image of the piece if you can send me contact details.
Best regards
Jim
Hello Jim,
Many thanks for your interest and comments. My email address is: rampling@ozemail.com.au
Kind regards,
David
Dear David,
Thank you for a very useful article. I can provide an update on the current whereabouts of specimen no.7. After the Dundee sale, it was subsequently sold in Spink auction 161 (14 November 2002 Lot 143) and then in Spink auction 189 (27 June 2007 Lot 170). The Hunterian museum purchased the coin in this latter auction. It can be viewed here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/details?irn=93197&catType=C&referrer=/results&q=40053
Best wishes,
Cameron.