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

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Coin (obverse), bawbee, from reign of William II and Mary II
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This is the obverse 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 obverse bears conjoined portraits of William and Mary. The Latin inscription translates as: 'William and Mary, by the Grace of God, King and Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland '.

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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