Mary Billion Penny
Type I
0.57g 14.1mm
Spink - 5440
SCBI 35 - 1065
Burns - Fig. 864
Obverse:
MARIA D G R SCO[TORV]M. 'Baby' face with single arched crown.
Reverse:
OPI DVM EDN BVR. Crowns and cinquefoils in quarters.
Fine and rare. This issue is the only reasonably obtainable portrait coin of Mary, Queen of Scots, and would make a historically significant cabinet companion to a penny of Elizabeth I, who famously ordered Mary’s execution.
Ex G. Buddle Collection
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Specific References
Mary Billion Penny
Type I
0.57g 14.1mm
Spink - 5440
SCBI 35 - 1065
Burns - Fig. 864
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