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30 Shillings - Charles I 1st Coinage
| Issuer | Scotland |
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| Year | 1625-1634 |
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| Currency | Pound Scots (1136-1707) |
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| Reverse description | The quartered royal arms displayed on a large shield surmounted by a crown with decorative flourishes at the sides, the quarters bearing the arms of England (three passant guardant lions), Scotland (lion rampant), France (three fleurs-de-lis), and Ireland (harp). The shield is set within a beaded inner border, with the reverse legend disposed around the periphery in Roman capitals. The overall composition reflects the heraldic conventions of early seventeenth-century Scottish hammered silver coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Charles I inherited the Scottish mint along with the English one in 1625, but the two operated under entirely separate monetary systems — a point of persistent administrative friction throughout his reign. The Scottish pound was worth roughly one-twelfth of its English equivalent, which made the 30 shilling denomination a necessary workhorse rather than an oddity. The 1st Coinage series for Scotland was authorized before the anglicizing monetary reforms Charles later attempted to impose, reforms that contributed, alongside religious grievances, to the Bishops' Wars of 1638–1640.
Sp. 5541 is a large-format silver piece produced at the Edinburgh mint under the master of the mint Nicholas Briot, who had previously worked at the Paris and London mints and brought a more mechanized approach to production.