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1 Bawbee - Mary I 1st Period
| Issuer | Edinburgh Mint |
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| Year | 1543-1554 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a crowned thistle, the national emblem of Scotland, with the royal cipher 'M R' (Maria Regina) flanking the stem on either side. The crown above the thistle is of an open, arched Scottish form rendered in the crude but characterful style typical of mid-sixteenth-century hammered billon coinage. A beaded inner circle separates the central device from the surrounding Latin legend. The peripheral inscription reads MARIA · DEI · G · R · SCOTORVM, identifying the issuer as Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of Scots. The flan is irregular in shape, as is characteristic of hand-struck coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | MARIA · DEI · G · R · SCOTORVM (Translation: Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of Scots) |
| Reverse description | Central field features a saltire cross — the Cross of Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland — with a small fleur-de-lis or cinquefoil ornament placed in each of the four angles formed by the arms of the cross. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which the circumferential Latin legend OPPIDVM · EDINBVRGI proclaims the issuing town of Edinburgh. The overall execution is typical of hammered billon struck at the Edinburgh Mint during the first period of Mary I's reign, exhibiting characteristic irregularities in strike and flan shape. The reverse design reflects the civic pride and municipal authority of Edinburgh as the principal mint town of the Scottish crown. |
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