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1 Penny - James I 1st coinage
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1603-1604 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse lettering | [mm] I: D : G : ROSA • SINE • SPINA (Translation: James by the Grace of God a rose without a thorn) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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James I inherited a debased and fractured English coinage on Elizabeth I's death in 1603, and his first coinage — struck before the formal union of the English and Scottish crowns was legally enacted — retained the traditional English denominational structure rather than introducing the unified British series that would follow. The penny at this weight was already close to impractical for everyday exchange; halfgroats and groats did most of the actual transactional work.
The 1st coinage ran only until 1604, when revised royal titles reflecting the new kingdom of Great Britain required a complete reissue.