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1 Lion - James II 2nd Coinage, 2nd Issue, Type I
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1451-1460 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the lion rampant of Scotland, surmounted by a crown, the whole set within a double tressure flory-counterflory. Two small crowns flank the shield in the field, serving as secondary heraldic decorations. A crown mint mark appears at the top of the inner field. The surrounding legend in uncial Gothic lettering is separated from the central device by a beaded inner circle, with a further beaded border near the coin's edge. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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James II's second coinage emerged from a period of intense royal consolidation — he had spent the late 1440s systematically dismantling the Black Douglas faction, culminating in his personal murder of William Douglas at Stirling Castle in 1452. The gold lion issues of this reign reflect a crown actively reasserting financial and political control after years of noble interference in the Scottish monetary system.
Spink 5221 is the first type of the second issue, distinguished from subsequent types by specific die characteristics that specialists use to sequence the emission. James II died in 1460 when a cannon burst beside him at the siege of Roxburgh Castle — cutting this coinage period short.