date beLow
short scratch on neck and in field
diagonally grained
reverse almost extremely fine and toned
with numbered certificate of authenticity in original Royal Mint box and outer packaging
Scotland, James VI 1580 gold Ducat of 80 Shillings, Renaissance style portrait date beLowScotland, James VI (1567 1625), gold Ducat of Eighty Scottish Shillings of Four Pounds, 1580, Third coinage, cuirassed bust in ruff left, legend and toothed border surrounding bot sides, initial mark crown onobverseonly, . IACOBVS. 6. DEI. GRA. REX. SCOTORVM.,rev. crowned Scottish arms, date either side, EXVERGAT. DE' ET, DISSIP. INIMICI. EIVS. (Burns 2, fig. 948; SCBI 35, 1143, sameobv. die; SCBI 58, 1239, sameobv. die; S 5452). Toned, with a