Counter stamp is nice. Any info why that is done. Clan mark maybe. Whats your clan lord. Thanks red. For counter stamp info. Always like hearing from you, as in sure others feel the same. Your bright
Aye, mate Yer bonnie lass looks coool: neat type, crystal clear crowned thistle counterstamp... Good luck and... go ahead!
I've had my eye on that one forvthe last several days too. If I had the spare cash I would be bidding right along with you. It's a nice looking and scarce coin. I have a feeling it will go for well over $500.
It went for $689. I'm glad I didn't get my heart set on trying for it. If you didn't break out the credit card for this one I hope you find a great deal on one soon.
Yes, there were seven snipers at the very end, and my low-$400's bid (which was as high as I could go into my pain threshold) didn't stand a chance. It went for $689.67. My bank account sighs with relief. I'll keep looking for a Scottish coin, though.
You'll get your chance at just the right coin. I know how hard it can be to keep within a budget when a great coin comes along though. I've over done it myself a few times.
I am Robertson of the Clan Robertson, so this is my clan badge: However, the whole clan badge and tartans thing didn't start until much later - maybe in the Victorian era in the 1800s (?) - three centuries after the coin discussed here was struck. As @TheRed mentioned in Post #7: The gold coins on my hat all went away in my "Great Purge of 2013", when I rolled everything I had into the present Eclectic Box collection. The hat itself, (empty of coins but still with the semiprecious gemstone beads), is still in a box in my closet. I've got a few love tokens and a medal or two to put back on it if the urge ever strikes me, but I don't want to sink a lot of money into it. Otherwise I'd take up the suggestion @HoledandCreative made earlier, to find a nice holed example of this Scottish type. I no longer collect "holey" coins for my hat and vest, and sold off 99% of that collection, but it was fun while it lasted, and was my "trademark" for a while (as you can see in the 2004 avatar that I still use nowadays).