Add to albumThis is the reverse of a silver dollar minted in Edinburgh in 1679, during the reign of Charles II. The coin was worth 53 shillings and four pence Scots.
The reverse has a cross of shields of arms with thistles in the angles and two interlinked 'C's in the centre. The Latin inscription translates as: 'King of Scots, England, France and Ireland'.
Charles was proclaimed King of Scots shortly after his father's execution in 1649, and was crowned on 1st January 1651. No coins were struck until his restoration to the English throne in 1660, and no gold coins appeared during his reign at all.
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- Online ID: 000-100-050-979-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C527
- Date: 1679
- Material: Silver; moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. . CAROLVS . II . . DEI . GRA .; bust to left; F below bust to left / Rev. SCO / ANG . FR / ET . HIB / REX . 16 / 79 .; cross of shields
Coin Type: 2nd coinage
Coin, dollar / four merk piece
- Dimensions: 38.00 x 37.50 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
- What: Coin Type: 2nd coinage
Coin, dollar / four merk piece
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Charles II
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Charles II silver dollar or four-merk piece, Edinburgh, 1679
- References:
- 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995
- Richardson (1901), 45
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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