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1 Shilling - William and Mary
| Issuer | Royal Mint (London) |
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| Year | 1692-1693 |
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| Weight | 6.0 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1692 - - 1693 - - |
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William and Mary's joint coinage presented an unprecedented heraldic problem for the English mint: two reigning monarchs of equal standing required a conjoined portrait solution that no previous domestic issue had needed to resolve. The engraver James Roettiers produced the facing busts used on this series, working under considerable pressure as the new regime was anxious to establish visual legitimacy after the 1688 revolution.
The 1692–93 date range reflects the transition of the regnal dating system then in use, not two separate emission runs. Mary II died in December 1694 of smallpox, ending the joint coinage abruptly after just six years.