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Coin (Reverse), a ten-shilling piece of William and Mary

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Coin (Reverse), a ten-shilling piece of William and Mary

This is the reverse of a silver ten shilling piece minted in Edinburgh in 1690, during the reign of William II and Mary II.

The reverse has a small crowned shield of arms. The Latin inscription translates as: '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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Online ID: 000-100-054-283-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C3831
Date: 1690
Material: Silver; fairly worn. Inscription: Obv. GVLIELMVS . ET . MARIA . DEI . GRATIA; conjoined busts to left; 10 below / Rev. MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REX . ET . REGINA . 1690; crowned shield
Dimensions: 24.50 mm D / Die Axis: 12.0
What: Coin, ten shilling piece
Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
Who: Mary II
William III
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: William and Mary silver ten-shilling piece, Edinburgh, 1690
References:
  • 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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