Coin (Reverse), pistole or twelve pound piece, from reign of William II

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This is the reverse of a gold pistole minted in Edinburgh in 1701, during the reign of William II. The coin was worth 12 pounds Scots.

The reverse has a crowned shield of arms, with a crowned 'W' to the left and a crowned 'R' to the right. The Latin inscription translates as: 'King of Great Britain, France and Ireland'.

After his wife Mary's death in 1694, William became sole ruler of England and Scotland. Coinage continued to be struck for William alone in the same denominations as it had been for William and Mary.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-493-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C18347
• Date: 1701
  
• Material: Gold; both sides very slightly off-centre; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. GVLIELMVS . DEI . GRATIA .; bust to left; below, sun rising above sea / Rev. MAG . BRIT . FRA . ET . HIB . REX . 1701 .; crowned shield of arms; crowned W to left, crown
  Coin, pistole / twelve pound piece
  
• Dimensions: 24.00 x 23.00 mm D / Die Axis: 12.0
  
• What: Coin, pistole / twelve pound piece
  
• Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
  
• Who: Coats Collection
  William II
  
• Where: Scotland
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Gold pistole / twelve-pounds of William II, Edinburgh, 1701
  
• References:
  • 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995 
  • Burns, E. (1887), vol II, p 521, no 1 (not ill) 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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