½ Merk - Charles II 1st Coinage, Type IV

Features

Issuer Scotland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
King Charles II (1660-1685)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1675
Value ½ Merk (⅓)
Currency Pound Scots (1136-1707)
Composition Silver
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
164804
References Sp# 5617
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Right facing bust of Charles II

Script: Latin

Lettering: · CAROLVS · · II · DEI · GRA ·

Translation: Charles II, by the Grace of God

Reverse

Arms arranged in a cross, conjoined Cs in each quarter, value in the centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering: · MAG BRI · FRA ET · HIB · REX · 1675

Translation: King of Great Britain, France and Ireland

Mint

Edinburgh, Scotland

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1675 

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