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1 Hardhead - James VI
| Uitgever | Scotland |
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| Jaar | 1588 |
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| Waarde | 1 Hardhead (1⁄120) |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field bears the royal cypher 'IR' (Iacobus Rex) in large Gothic lettering, surmounted by a Scottish crown rendered in relief. The monogram is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the Latin legend disposed around the periphery. The flan is irregular in shape, characteristic of hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The hardhead — Scotland's troubled billon fraction — had been debased so aggressively through the sixteenth century that by James VI's reign it contained barely a trace of silver. This 1588 issue was struck at a moment when the Scottish crown was chronically short of revenue, with James still consolidating power after the regency years and facing persistent pressure from both the Kirk and factional nobility. The coinage itself was partly a fiscal instrument: the crown profited from the difference between face value and actual metal content.
Sp#5517 falls within a series notorious for weak, off-center strikes due to the low-quality billon blanks used in production.