Add to albumThis is the reverse of a gold unit minted at Edinburgh in 1637-8, during the reign of Charles I. The coin was worth £6 Scots or 10 shillings English.
The reverse has a crowned shield of arms between the crowned letters 'CR' (for Carolus Rex [King Charles]). The Latin inscription translates as: 'I am sent over them that I may be profitable to them'.
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: 000-190-000-521-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C241
- Date: 1637 - 1638
1637-8
- Material: Gold; very slight wear. Inscription: Obv. CAROLVS . D : G . MAG . BRITAN . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX .; thistle and small sideways B flanked by two points above left side of crown; crowned bust to right in armour, holding sceptre and orb / Rev. HIS . PRAESVM
Coin Type: 3rd coinage, Briot's issue
Coin, unit
- Dimensions: 35.50 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
- What: Coin Type: 3rd coinage, Briot's issue
Coin, unit
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Charles I
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Charles I gold unit, Edinburgh, 1637 - 1638
- References:
- 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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