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Coin (Reverse), crown, from reign of Anne

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Coin (Reverse), crown, from reign of Anne
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This is the reverse of a silver crown minted in Edinburgh in 1708, during the reign of Anne. The coin was worth five shillings.

The reverse has a cross of crowned shields of arms. The Latin inscription translates as: 'Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland'. The inscriptions around the rim translate as: 'An ornament and a safeguard' and 'In the seventh year of her reign'.

Anne acceded to the throne in 1702 and her reign saw the Act of Union of 1707 and the consequent cessation of a separate Scottish coinage. The last coins - British silver coins - ever struck in Scotland were issued at the Edinburgh mint in 1709.

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