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60 Shillings - James VI 10th Coinage
| Issuer | Edinburgh Mint |
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| Year | 1609-1625 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The quartered royal arms of Great Britain displayed on an ornate shield surmounted by the Scottish crown with floral finial, the quarters depicting the lions of England and Scotland, the fleurs-de-lis of France, and the harp of Ireland. The shield is flanked by decorative scrollwork and enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The pious Latin legend, referencing the union of the crowns, is arranged around the periphery in majuscule characters separated by pellets. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 10th Coinage of James VI — sometimes called the "sword and sceptre" coinage — was introduced following his accession to the English throne in 1603, yet Edinburgh continued striking distinctly Scottish denominations under separate authority from the London mint. The 60 Shilling was the largest silver piece in this series and circulated alongside English coinage in a kingdom where the two monetary systems ran in parallel but were never formally unified during James's lifetime.
Scottish silver of this period is frequently found with weak centres, a known characteristic of the large-diameter flans and the manual striking process at Edinburgh — not a grading fault but an endemic production issue across the type.