Add to albumThis is the reverse of a silver pattern three pence piece minted in Edinburgh in 1631, during the reign of Charles I.
The reverse has a thistle. The Latin inscription translates as: 'No one shall hurt me with impunity'.
This coin is an example of a pattern for a proposed issue of three pence Scots tokens in copper. No coins were ever struck for circulation.
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- Online ID: 000-100-053-992-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C3540
- Date: 1631
- Material: Silver, pierced at 8.5 (obverse); moderate wear. Inscription: Obv. + CAR . D : G . MAG . BRIT . FR . ET . HIB . R; crown above interlinked C's; lozenge either side / Rev. NEMO . ME . INPVNE . LACESSIT .; thistle
Coin, 3 pence / pattern
- Dimensions: 15.0 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
- What: Coin, 3 pence / pattern
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Charles 1
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Charles I silver pattern 3 pence, Edinburgh, 1631
- References:
- 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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