Coin (obverse), ducat or bonnet piece, from reign of James V

This is the obverse of a gold ducat minted at Edinburgh in 1540, during the reign of James V. The coin was worth 40 shillings Scots. James's ducat was the first Scottish gold coin to bear a portrait.

The obverse bears a portrait of the king wearing a bonnet. There is an annulet on the inner circle behind the head. The Latin inscription translates as: 'James V, by the Grace of God, King of Scots'. The coin is dated 1540.

James V's reign saw the introduction of two new gold coins - the crown and the ducat. A new billon coin called the bawbee also appeared for the first time.

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Online ID:	000-100-084-273-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1911.506.1121
Date:	1540
Material:	Gold; slight wear. Inscription: Obv.: Saltire IACOBVS . 5 . DEI . G . R . SCOTOR . 1 . 5 . 40; pellet stops; bust to right, wearing bonnet. Rev.: Cross HONOR . REGIS . IVDICIVM . DILIGIT; pellet stops, with die flaw by first; crowned shield of arms super
Dimensions:	Diameter 22.00 x 23.00 mm; weight 5.62 g; die axis 5.5
What:	Coin Type: cf Burns 4, fig 754 Coin, ducat / bonnet piece
Subject:	Coins and currency
Who:	James V (King)
Where:	Scotland Scotland, Edinburgh
Event:
Description:	James V gold ducat / bonnet piece, Scotland, minted in Edinburgh 1540
References:	'Currency' multimedia programme NMS 1995 Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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