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1 Ducat - Francis and Mary 2nd Period
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1558 |
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| Diameter | 33 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | · HORVM · TVTA · FIDES · 1558 · (Translation: The faith of these is whole) |
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The "Francis and Mary" ducats of 1558 mark the brief period following the marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to the French Dauphin Francis in April of that year — a union that made Mary, for a matter of months in 1559–1560, simultaneously Queen of Scotland and Queen consort of France. The Scottish mint produced coinage in both names as a deliberate assertion of the dynastic alliance, though Francis died in December 1560 after reigning only seventeen months, collapsing the Franco-Scottish royal partnership entirely.
Spink 5399 distinguishes this as the second coinage period, differentiated from the first by subtle legend and portraiture die variations documented by Burns and Mackay.