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Gold coin (obverse) with a crowned portrait of King Charles I
This is the obverse of a gold half-unit minted at Edinburgh between 1637 and 1642, during the reign of Charles I. The coin was worth £6 Scots or ten shillings English.
The obverse bears a crowned portrait of the king. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Charles, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland'.
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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000-100-084-430-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland A.1911.506.1213 |
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1637 - 1642 Between 1637 and 1642
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Material: |
Gold; no evidence of wear. Inscription: Obv.: CAR . D : G . MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX; first, third and fourth stops are lozenges, others small pellets; crowned bust to left; small B, sideways, below. Rev.: . VNITA . TVEMVR .; lozenge stops; crow
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Diameter 27.00 x 26.50 mm; weight 4.97 g; die axis 1.0
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What: |
Coin Type: Third coinage, Briot's issue; cf Burns 5, fig 1034 Coin, half-unit
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Subject: |
Coins and currency
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Who: |
Charles I (King) Murdoch collection (1903 sale, lot 336)
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Where: |
Scotland Scotland, Edinburgh
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Description: |
Charles I gold half unit, Scotland, minted in Edinburgh, 1637-1642
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