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James I halfcrowns

King James I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

First coinage mm Thistle - 1 of 9

This first coin clearly has the finest provenance.

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

S.Tyssen duplicates, Sotheby’s, 6 December 1802, lot 344
T. Thomas, Sotheby’s, 23 February 1843, lot 478
J.D.Cuff, Sotheby’s, 8 June 1854, lot 1095
Rev. E. J. Shepherd, Sotheby’s, 22 July 1885, lot 309
W.Brice collection purchased by H. Montagu, 1887
H. Montagu duplicates, Sotheby’s, 7 May 1888, lot 276
S.Rostron, Sotheby’s, 16 May 1892, lot 194
J. G. Murdoch, Sotheby’s, 31 March 1903, lot 744
T.Wakley, Sotheby’s, 6 December 1909, lot 297
O. Fitch, collection purchased by Spink, c.1918
E.H. Wheeler, Sotheby’s, 12 March 1930, lot 359
Glendining & Co auction 22 Jan 1952 ,V.J.E.Ryan collection - 2nd part- lot 1048
Slaney Collection, Spink Auction 163, 15 May 2003, lot 33
St James Auctions 19 April 2012 lot 185

First coinage mm Thistle - 2 of 9

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

E.H. Evans (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 30 May 1894), lot 99
H.Clark (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 26 May 1898), lot 198
H.W. Morreison (Sotheby & Co., 20 November 1933), lot 367
H.M. Lingford (Glendining, Part II, 20 June 1951), lot 1197
Spink Numismatic Circular LXXII (February 1964), no. 1353
Ex Spink 22 (15 June 1982), lot 998
Numismatica Ars Classica, 3 December 2024, lot 1050

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

H Webb, Sotheby, 9 July 1894, lot 349
Thomas Bliss, Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, 22 March 1916, lot 338

Glendining & Co auction 11 Oct 1956, R.C.Lockett, English Part II, lot 2145
Spink auction 1 Dec 2005 ' The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns', lot 46

James I halfcown provenance Bliss 1916 lot 338

First coinage mm Thistle - 3 of 9

First coinage mm Thistle - 4 of 9

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

Glendining & Co auction 11 May 1954, H.A.Parsons collection lot 404
W D Ferguson SCMB August 1960, 371
E M H Norweb, Spink 56, 19 November 1986, lot 951
S&B list 63 (Nov/Dec 2001), E159
Spink Auction 28 Mar 2017 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins Part 5, lot 1780

First coinage mm Thistle - 5 of 9

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

SGBaldwins auction 11 Dec 2024 - Frank Waley collection, lot 45

First coinage mm Thistle - 6 of 9

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

T.W.J.D. Dupree Collection; SNC September 1989 (4687)
Dr John Hulett collection, DNW auction 13 Sept 2017, lot 426

First coinage mm Thistle - 7 of 9

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

H.M. Lingford Collection, Glendining 20 June 1951, lot 1198
Bought Spink October 1951
J.M. Ashby Collection, Spink Auction 145, 12-14 July 2000, lot 2028
DNW Auction: 24 Sept 2008, lot 3901

First coinage mm Thistle- 8 of 9

The obverse centre struck very weakly, possibly because the centre of the die had been overpolished.

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

Glendining & Co auction 18 June 1975 - lot 54
DNW Auction: 6th February 1998 – Lot 124
CNG 17 March 1999 - lot 2280
Spink USA 17 January 2017 - lot 50

First coinage mm Thistle - 9 of 9

James I halfcrown first coinage thistle

Provenance:

Bt. Spink, September 1978
Spink auction 28 Mar 2012 - The Magnus Collection, lot 908

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