legend GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
"La chronologie du monnayage de Syracuse sous les Deinoménides"
gold Proof striking of currency Double Sovereign
crowned youthful head left
Scotland, Charles II 1676 Eighth-Dollar, 1st date of denomination, ex MacDonald legend GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIAScotland, Charles II (1649 85), silver Eighth Dollar, 1676, laureate and draped bust left, F in front of drapery presumably for Thomas Falconer, outer beaded circle with legend surrounding, CAROLVS. II. . DEI. GRA., rev. pair of interlinked Cs at centre of crowned cruciform shields, thistles in angles, date either side of top crown, . SCO ANG. FR ET. HIB REX., edge plain, weight 3. 26g (Burns 1, fig 1057; S. 5622). Toned, about very fine for issue,