DAVISSONS AUCTION 43 SCOTLAND HIGHLIGHTS

The Leland Scott Collection of the Coins of Scotland presents the first high quality, well-pedigreed collection of Scottish coins to come to the market since the LaRiviere sale in 2006. It anchors our 2024 major annual sale of some of the best coins we have come across in the past year.

This beautiful and historic series contains a fascinating array of designs that chronicle the tumultuous winds of Scottish history, and presents a major departure in style and beauty from both the English and Irish coinage series.

   

 
Lot 20: James VI "hat piece"

Many of the coins in the Scott collection have important pedigrees. The Scottish series is small enough that high quality examples tend to carry their cachet from one important collection to another. There have not been enough high grade Scottish pieces offered since LaRiviere to be able to cite equivalents for many of the pieces. To establish estimates, I have relied on years of focus on Scottish material, drawing on personally marked catalogs from attending major sales, paying attention to the market, and helping to build some major collections, including this one. Estimates are at the conservative end of the value range.

 
Lot 19: Mary Stuart Forty-four shillings

This collection will be offered over three sales: A major introduction to the collection with some of the most important pieces in the series is featured in this auction. Our early June sale will focus on some of the less valuable coins in the collection. The grading standards for high quality for the rare pieces hold for the less valuable pieces in the series as well.

Then, early in the fall we will offer the last portion of the collection, again featuring some of the major rarities of the series—both gold and silver.

 
Lot 222: David I Penny

I myself have been enamored of the coinage of Scotland since I first began collecting British coins while still a student. Attached is a link to an article I wrote, inspired by this collection and specifically for this catalog—a brief overview of coinage design in Scotland from the start to the reign of Mary Stuart.

I hope you enjoy looking through this collection as much as I have presenting it. This collection provides a rare opportunity to represent or add to one's own collection beautiful coins from this amazing historic and artistic series that straddles the medieval era and the Renaissance. I considered it an honor to be able to work with this marvelous collection.

 
Lot 228: Robert II Groat

To browse the online and print catalogs, see:
https://davcoin.com/sale/Printed%20Auction%2043
https://davcoin.com/pdf-viewer/49589

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
DAVISSONS AUCTION 43 ANNOUNCED (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n06a19.html)

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