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Coin (reverse), bawbee, from reign of William II and Mary II

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000-100-054-303-C
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Coin (reverse), bawbee, from reign of William II and Mary II

This is the reverse of a copper bawbee minted in Edinburgh in 1691, during the reign of William II and Mary II. The coin was worth six pence Scots.

The reverse has a crowned thistle. The Latin inscription translates as: 'No one shall hurt me with impunity'.

After James VII's defeat William and Mary became rulers of England and Scotland. Silver coins in various denominations and copper bawbees bear their conjoined busts, and the copper bodles have a combined monogram of their two initials.


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Online ID: 000-100-054-303-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C3851
Date: 1691
Material: Copper; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. * GVL . ET . MAR . D . G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REX . ET . REGINA .; initial mark is cross of 4 pellets and central lozenge; conjoined busts to left / Rev. NEMO . ME . IMPVNE . LACESSET . 1691; crow
Dimensions: 25.50 mm D / Die Axis: 12.0
What: Coin, bawbee
Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
Who: Brooks Collection
J.K.R. Murray Collection
Mary II
William III
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: William and Mary copper bawbee, Edinburgh, 1691
References:
  • 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995 
  • BNJ XLI (1972), pl IV, no AI 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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