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Coin (obverse), testoon, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

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Postcard of Coin (obverse), testoon, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots.
000-190-000-630-C
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Coin (obverse), testoon, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the obverse of a silver testoon minted at Edinburgh in 1561, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her first widowhood. The coin was worth five shillings Scots.

The obverse bears a portrait of the queen with the date, 1561 in a cartouche below. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of Scots'.

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: 000-190-000-630-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.C4082
Date: 1561
Material: Silver; fairly worn. Inscription: Obv. . MARIA . DEI . GRA . SCOTORVM . REGINA .; bust to left; 1561 in cartouche below / Rev. . SALVVM . FAC . POPVLVM . TVVM . DOMINE .; crowned shield between crowned Ms
Dimensions: 29.00 mm D / Die Axis: 7.5
What: Coin Type: 3rd period
Coin, testoon
Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
Who: Mary, Queen of Scots
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: Mary, Queen of Scots silver testoon, Edinburgh, 1561
References:
  • 'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 
  • Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967 
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