This is the obverse of a two pence minted at Edinburgh in 1597, during the reign of James VI. The coin was made of copper and was worth two pence Scots.
The obverse has a bare-headed portrait of the king. The Latin inscription translates as: 'James VI, by the Grace of God, King of Scots'.
The designs of the coin are closely based on those of a French copper coin known as a double tournais. The name 'turner' is derived from tournais.
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