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Scotland, James VI 1602 Half Sword & Sceptre piece

Scotland, James VI (1567-1625), gold Half Sword and Sceptre Piece of Sixty Scottish Shillings, Eighth Coinage, 1602, crowned Scottish arms, beaded circles and legend surrounding both sides, initial mark pellet in quatrefoil both sides, .IACOBVS. 6. D. G. R. SCOTORVM., rev. sword crossed with sceptre in saltire, crown above, thistle either side, date between stops below, .SALVS. POPVLI. SVPREMA. LEX., weight 2.51g (Burns 3, fig. 957; S.5462). Toned with some lustre, a few black specks both sides, a little uneven around rim otherwise good very fine and a rare date.

The Latin legends translate as on obverse "James the Sixth by the grace of God, King of Scotland" and on the reverse "The safety of the people is the supreme law."

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