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Coin (obverse), half-demy, from reign of James I

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Coin (obverse), half-demy, from reign of James I
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This is the obverse of a gold half-demy minted at Edinburgh between 1424 and 1437 during the reign of James I. The coin was worth four shillings and six pence Scots.

The obverse bears a lion rampant on a lozenge. The Latin inscription translates as: 'James, by the Grace of God, King of Scots'.

When he inherited the crown, James I was a prisoner in England. He did not return to Scotland until 1424 and few if any of his coins are thought to have been struck before then.

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