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Coin (reverse), penny, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

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Postcard of Coin (reverse), penny, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots.
000-190-000-623-C
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Coin (reverse), penny, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the reverse of a billon penny minted at Edinburgh in 1554-5, during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. The coin was worth one penny Scots.

The reverse has a foliated cross with crowns in the 1st and 3rd angles, fleurs-de-lys in the 2nd and 4th. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Town of Edinburgh'.

Mary's coinage is divisible into five phases, reflecting her early life, two marriages and two widowhoods. During her reign numerous issues appeared in gold, silver and base metal, many of them comprising denominations never previously struck.


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Online ID: 000-190-000-623-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C4001
Date: 1554 - 1556
1554-5
Material: Billon; moderate wear; slight flattening. Inscription: Obv. lis MARIA . D . G . R . SCOTO [RV] M; crowned bust facing; double-arched crown / Rev. OPPI / DVM / EDIN / BVRG; foliated cross; crowns in 1st and 3rd angles; lis in 2nd and 4th
Dimensions: 15.50 x 14.50 mm D / Die Axis: 4.5
What: Coin Type: 1st period, 1st issue, type 3
Coin, penny
Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
Who: Mary, Queen of Scots
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: Mary, Queen of Scots billon penny, Edinburgh, 1554 - 1556
References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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