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16 Shillings - James VI 3rd coinage
| Issuer | Edinburgh Mint |
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| Year | 1581 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the crowned royal shield of Scotland at centre, bearing the rampant lion within a double tressure flory-counter-flory, all surmounted by a large imperial crown with fleur-de-lis finials. The shield is rendered in high relief with fine decorative detail typical of late sixteenth-century Scottish hammered coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, separated by pellet stops, reading IACOBVS · 6 · DEI · GRATIA · REX · SCOTORVM, identifying James VI as King of Scots by the Grace of God. The flan is characteristically irregular in shape, as expected of a hammered silver issue of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | · IACOBVS · 6 · DEI · GRATIA · REX · SCOTORVM · (Translation: James the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of Scots) |
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| Mintage | 1581 |
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