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1 Unicorn - James V 1st Coinage
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1518-1526 |
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| Currency | Pound Scots (1136-1707) |
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| Obverse description | A crowned unicorn passant to the right occupies the central field, bearing a shield charged with the lion rampant of Scotland. The unicorn is depicted in fine hammered relief with a prominent horn and royal crown, its body rendered in a vigorous late-medieval heraldic style. The mark X or XC appears beneath the unicorn in the lower field, serving as a mintmaster's or value mark. A beaded inner circle separates the central device from the surrounding legend. The circumferential Latin legend is struck in Gothic lettering around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | IACOBVS : DEI · GRA · REX · SCOTORVM : (Translation: James, by the Grace of God, King of Scots) |
| Reverse description | The central device displays a multi-rayed star or sun burst issuing from the centre of an ornate floreated cross pattée, the arms of which are adorned with small crosslets at their terminals, the whole design creating a radiant stellate composition characteristic of Scottish Renaissance coinage. The cross divides the field into four quadrants, each filled with the radiating rays of the star. A beaded inner circle borders the central design, with the Latin legend in Gothic lettering distributed around the outer periphery. The overall composition reflects the religious piety of the Scottish crown and the influence of contemporary European coin design. |
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