Add to albumThis is the reverse of a silver six shilling piece minted at Edinburgh in 1637, during the reign of Charles I.
The reverse has a shield of arms with a crowned 'C' and 'R' on either side. The Latin inscription translates as: 'What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder'. The words are from the Gospel of St Matthew.
During Charles's reign the mill and screw coin press was introduced to Scotland by a Frenchman, Nicolas Briot, who was Master of the Mint for a time. The press lent Charles's coins a level of technical excellence previously unknown.
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- Online ID: 000-190-000-585-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C3411
- Date: 1637
- Material: Silver; slight flattening; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. CAR . D : G . MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX; small lis after legend; sideways B after legend; crowned bust to left; VI behind head / Rev. QVAE . DEVS . CONIVNXIT . NEMO . SEPARET .; AE joine
Coin Type: 3rd coinage, 1st (Briot's) issue
Coin, six shilling piece
- Dimensions: 24.50 mm D / Die Axis: 12.0
- What: Coin Type: 3rd coinage, 1st (Briot's) issue
Coin, six shilling piece
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Charles I
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Charles I silver six-shilling piece, Edinburgh, 1637
- References:
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- Richardson (1901), 16
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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