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Description: | The Scottish Coin collection spans an impressive timeline, the earliest item is a 12th century silver penny of David I and continues to the last minted coins in Scotland in 1709. The museum collection is strong in local North - East examples which include a 5,000 piece hoard of Silver Pennies from the Great Gallowgate hoard of 1886. The items of Particular interest as noted by Craig Barclay are: Billion Half Bawbee (1542 - 1558); A Silver Five Shilling Piece of James VI 1601, which was introduced to eliminate confusion over coinage only to itself be replaced later that year, making the coin very scarce; The Silver Four Merk Piece of Charles II, 1665 is also noted as being extremely rare. The collection also includes a Groat of James the III, base issue 1471 - 1483, which is the first use of the thistle on Scottish coinage.
Super collection: Marischal Museum. | Subjects: | Society World Culture Numismatics Trade and Crafts History Europe Coins | Temporal: | 12th century - 1709 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Contributor: | Acquisition details: William Ramsay; Egypt Exploration Fund; John Urquart; Calder Collection; Kings College Collection | Identifier: | ABDUA:CLD06 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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