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Elongated Coin - Scottish United Services Museum
| Location | Scotland (United Kingdom) |
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| Composition | Copper plated steel |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a full-length figure of a Scottish military piper in traditional Highland dress, including feathered bonnet and kilt, holding bagpipes. The figure is framed within an oval border incorporating two sentry box motifs on either side and a decorative buckled strap at the base bearing the legend EDINBURGH CASTLE; the upper arc carries the legend SCOTTISH UNITED SERVICES MUSEUM, and the abbreviation N·M·S appears in the lower field beneath the figure. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SCOTTISH UNITED SERVICES MUSEUM N·M·S EDINBURGH CASTLE |
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