1 Bawbee - William and Mary

The bawbee had circulated in Scotland since the mid-sixteenth century, originally a billon coin worth six pennies Scots — a denomination so embedded in everyday commerce that it survived every currency upheaval through the Union debates. By William and Mary's reign the denomination had been reduced to copper entirely, a reflection of the chronic shortage of small change that plagued Scottish trade throughout the Restoration period and into the 1690s. Edinburgh's output was inconsistent; the copper coinage of this joint reign is notably scarce relative to the English issues of the same monarchs, partly because the Scottish Privy Council repeatedly debated whether to contract striking at all.

The two-year window of 1691–1692 marks the only copper bawbee production under this reign.