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

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Coin (obverse), half-testoon, from reign of Mary, Queen of Scots
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This is the obverse of a silver half-testoon minted at Edinburgh in 1558, in the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her marriage to Francis, the French dauphin. The coin was worth two shillings and six pence Scots.

The reverse has a crowned 'FM' monogram (for Francis and Mary) with a cross of Lorraine on either side. The Latin inscription translates as: 'He has made both one'. This inscription is followed by the date, 1558.

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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