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4 Shillings - James VI 3rd Coinage
| Issuer | Edinburgh Mint |
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| Year | 1581 |
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| Currency | Pound Scots (1136-1707) |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprises a crowned thistle plant, the stem rising from the base of the flan and terminating beneath a royal crown with fleur-de-lis finials, flanked on either side by the royal cipher 'I R' (Iacobus Rex) in large majuscule letters. Four thistle heads radiate from the central stem in a cross-like arrangement, filling the quadrants of the field. The surrounding circular Latin legend, which incorporates the date 1581, is separated from the central device by a plain inner border and rendered in the same Gothic-influenced majuscule as the obverse. The flan exhibits the characteristic irregular contour of hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | · NEMO · ME · IMPVNE · LACESSET 1581 · (Translation: No one shall hurt me with impunity) |
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The 3rd Coinage of James VI followed the monetary reforms of 1581, when the Scottish crown undertook a significant revaluation that reset the relationship between Scottish and English currency. The 4 Shilling piece was a new denomination introduced as part of that restructuring — it had no direct predecessor in earlier Scottish series.
Edinburgh was Scotland's sole functioning mint at this point, having absorbed the operations of other regional mints decades earlier.