Add to albumThis 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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- Online ID: 000-190-000-678-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.C585
- Date: 1708
- Material: Silver; slight wear. Inscription: Obv. ANNA . DEI . GRATIA .; bust to left; E below / Rev. MAG : / BRI : FR : / ET . HIB : / REG : 17 / 08 .; cross of shields / Around rim. * DECVS * ET * TVTAMEN *** ANNO * REGNI * SEPTIMO * (*s are 5-pointed stars)
Coin Type: Post-union Edinburgh issue
Coin, crown
- Dimensions: 39.00 mm D / Die Axis: 6.0
- What: Coin Type: Post-union Edinburgh issue
Coin, crown
- Subject: Queen Street Coin Collection
- Who: Anne
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Anne silver crown, Edinburgh, 1708
- References:
- 'Currency' [multimedia CD-ROM] Edinburgh: NMS, 1995
- Richardson (1901), 10
- Stewart, I.H. 'The Scottish Coinage'. Second Edition. London: Spink & Son, 1967
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