000-190-000-024-C
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Gold coin (reverse) minted during the reign of King Charles I
This is the reverse 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 reverse has a crowned shield of arms between a crowned 'C' (for Carolus [Charles]) and a crowned 'R' (for Rex [King]), each with a lozenge below. The Latin inscription translates as: 'These united we guard'.
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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| Online ID: |
000-190-000-024-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland A.1911.506.1213 |
| Date: |
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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| Dimensions: |
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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