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Salvum Fac, and from Their Neatness and Extreme Rarity, Possibly As Patterns
This is a reproduction of a book from the McGill University Library collection. Title: A view of the coinage of Scotland : with copious tables, lists, descriptions, and extracts from acts of Parliament : and an account of numerous hoards or parcels of coins discovered in Scotland : and of Scottish coins found in Ireland : illustrated with upwards of 350 engravings of Scottish coins, a large number of them unpublished Author: Lindsay, John, 1789-1870 Publisher, year: Cork : Printed by Messrs. Bolster; sold, also, by Black, Edinburgh [etc.], 1845 The pages were digitized as they were. The original book may have contained pages with poor print. Marks, notations, and other marginalia present in the original volume may also appear. For wider or heavier books, a slight curvature to the text on the inside of pages may be noticeable. ISBN of reproduction: 978-1-926748-98-6 This reproduction is intended for personal use only, and may not be reproduced, re-published, or re-distributed commercially. For further information on permission regarding the use of this reproduction contact McGill University Library. McGill University Library www.mcgill.ca/library A VIEW OF THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND, WITH COPIOUS TABLES, LISTS, DESCRIPTIONS, AND EXTRACTS FROM ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ; AND AN ACCOUNT OF NUMEROUS HOARDS OR PARCELS OF COINS DISCOVERED IN SCOTLAND, AND OF SCOTTISH COINS FOtJND IN IRELAND. ILLUSTRATED WITH UPWARDS OF 350 ENGRAVINGS OF SCOTTISH COINS, A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM UNPUBLISHED. BY JOHN LINDSAY, ESQ., BARRISTER AT LAW. Member of the British Archceological Association, Member of the Irish Archaeological Society, Corresponding Member of the Syro Egyptian Society of London, and Author of "A View of the Coinage of Ireland,*7 and of " A View of the Coinage of the Heptarchy." CORK: PRINTED BY MESSRS. -
A Handbook to the Coinage of Scotland
Gift of the for In ^ Nflmisutadcs Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/handbooktocoinagOOrobe A HANDBOOK TO THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND. Interior of a Mint. From a French engraving of the reign of Louis XII. A HANDBOOK TO THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND, GIVING A DESCRIPTION OF EVERY VARIETY ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH MINT IN GOLD, SILVER, BILLON, AND COPPER, FROM ALEXANDER I. TO ANNE, With an Introductory Chapter on the Implements and Processes Employed. BY J. D. ROBERTSON, MEMBER OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON. LONDON: GEORGE BELL ANI) SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1878. CHISWICK PRESS C. WHITTINGHAM, TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. TO C. W. KING, M.A., SENIOR FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. PAGE Preface vii Introductory Chapter xi Table of Sovereigns, with dates, showing the metals in which each coined xxix Gold Coins I Silver Coins 33 Billon Coins 107 Copper Coins 123 Appendix 133 Mottoes on Scottish Coins translated 135 List of Mint Towns, with their principal forms of spelling . 138 Index 141 PREFACE. The following pages were originally designed for my own use alone, but the consideration that there must be many collectors and owners of coins who would gladly give more attention to this very interesting but somewhat involved branch of numismatics—were they not deterred by having no easily accessible information on the subject—has in- duced me to offer them to the public. My aim has been to provide a description of every coin issued by the Scottish Mint, with particulars as to weight, fineness, rarity, mint-marks, &c., gathered from the best authorities, whom many collectors would probably not have the opportunity of consulting, except in our large public libraries ; at the same time I trust that the information thus brought together may prove sufficient to refresh the memory of the practised numismatist on points of detail. -
Ancient Coins
ANCIENT COINS GREEK COINS 1001 Sicily, Akgragas (495-480 BC), silver didrachm, sea eagle standing r., rev. crab within shallow incuse, certified and graded by NGC as Very Good £100-150 1002 Sicily, Syracuse, gold dilitron, Emergency issue of the Second Democracy, winter 406-5 BC, head of Athena l., wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with serpent, palmette and elaborate spiral tendrils, legend before, signed IM below neck, rev. Aegius with gorgoneion centre, wt. 1.80 gms. (Boeh., Essays Thompson pl.38, 12), a few surface marks, very fine, extremely rare - only a few specimens known £1500-2000 1003 Attica, Athens (c. 510-500 BC), silver tetradrachm, head of Athena r., in archaic style, full plume visible, rev. AΘE, owl stg. r., olive leaf to left, crescent to right, wt. 17.1gms. (HGC.4; Seltman Group H), very fine, rare £10,000-12,000 A very fine example of an early Athenian tetradrachm of superb archaic style. A well-centred strike, with the full plume of Athena’s helmet visible. This impressive archaic tetradrachm was issued a decade before the first Persian war. Athens provided the Ionian Greeks with assistance in their rebellion against the Persians, but aside from the sack of Sardes, the campaign was unsuccessful. Nonetheless, the Persian King Darius, aiming to punish Athens for their support of the Ionian rebellion, launched an invasion of Greece, landing at Marathon in 490 BC. Only twenty five miles from the city of Athens, the vastly outnumbered Athenian hoplite force crushed the invading Persian army, who turned and fled after suffering horrendous casualties. -
The Scottish Copper Coinages, 1642-1697
THE SCOTTISH COPPER COINAGES, 1642-1697 J. K. R. MURRAY AND B. H. I. H. STEWART ALONE SO early in northern Europe, issues of copper coins were made in Scotland (and Ireland) during the second half of the fifteenth century. In Scotland, after these early coinages of copper farthings and pennies, the smaller denominations, up to the end of the sixteenth century, were of silver or billon. The billon was often extremely base, some- times falling as low as one part of silver to twenty-three parts of copper, as in the case of some of the hardheads of Mary and James VI. The last Scottish billon coins were the saltire placks, issued in 1594. After this, pure copper only was used for coins of very small value, commencing with an issue of 100 stone of twopenny and penny pieces in 1597. Further issues of coins of these values, each of 500 stone, were made in 1614,1623, and 1629. The penny and twopence of 1597 have a bust of James on the obverse which is the same as that on the twelve-penny and thirty-penny pieces issued during 1594— 1601.1 The other issues are without a bust and have relatively little variety. The issue of about 4,000 stone of pennies and twopences of very light weight during 1632-9 has been comprehensively reviewed by Mr. R. B. K. Stevenson.2 The various series covered by the present paper, which comprise the remainder of the Scottish copper coinage, have been dealt with as follows: {a) 1642-68 by Murray. -
Some Scottish Ceremonial Coins
SOME SCOTTISH CEREMONIAL COINS . STEWARTH N bIA y , F.S.A.SCOT. INTRODUCTION IN later medieval times special coins were only rarely struc ceremoniar kfo l purposes. When pieces were require presentationdfor offeringor , almsor , currenthe , t coin of the day was generally used. Pictorial and commemorative medals were a creation of the Renaissance, from which time pieces with non-monetary functions became gradually dissociated fro typee mformth d s an coinagef o s . Unti e appearancth l f medale sixteento e th n si h century, ther e verw ar e yfe examples in the Scottish series of coins or coin-like pieces which can make any claim to have been struck for other than normal monetary purposes. In the following pages, four items which may come into this category are discussed. One, the James groat V f thaI o s ti , species whic fabrin hi desigd can n conforms wit ordinare hth y associatee b n currencca t i dday s t it wit f bu ,y o particulah a r occasio almsgivinf no g by documentary evidence secondA . sovereige th , n medallio Jamef no s a IIIs i , heavy presentation piece, unlik existiny ean g Scottish perioe cointh t witf so dbu h coin-like types and inscriptions.1 Another gold piedfort, the James IV angel, is probably not a pattern for coinage and must be presumed to have been struck for some purpose unrelate e ordinarth o t d y currency e lasTh t . piece e angeth ,f o l Charleexampln a survivas e i th , sI archaif n ea o f lo c typ speciacoif a eo r nfo l royal ceremony. -
Ancient Coins English Hammered and Milled Coins
Ancient Coins 1 Sicily, Syracuse, 485-478 B.C., silver tetradrachm, quadriga r., Nike above, rev. head of Artemis- Arethusa r., within border of four dolphins (S.913/4; Boehringer 112 var.), good very fine, apparently an unpublished combination of dies £700-900 2 Attica, Aegina, 445-431 B.C., silver stater, tortoise, rev. incuse square of skew pattern (S.2600), toned, nearly extremely fine £500-600 3 Ionia, Magnesia, 2nd century B.C., silver tetradrachm, bust of Artemis r., rev. Apollo stg. l., within wreath (cf.S.4485), a few spots of corrosion on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine £350-400 4 Pamphylia, Aspendos, 385-370 B.C., silver stater, two athletes wrestling, rev. slinger advancing r., triskelis in field (S.5390; v. Aulock 4543), well struck, extremely fine or better £320-350 5 Pamphylia, Side, early 2nd century B.C., silver tetradrachm, head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet, rev. Nike advancing l., holding wreath, pomegranate in field (cf.S.5433; v. Aulock 4785), extremely fine £350-400 6 Phoenicia, Tyre, 84/3 B.C., laur head of Melqarth r., rev. eagle l., club and date letters before (S.5921), about very fine £280-300 7 Macedon, Philip II, 359-336 B.C., gold stater, laur. head of Apollo r., rev. biga r., Nike below (cf. S.6663; SNG ANS 159), good very fine or better £1000-1200 8 Macedon, Alexander III, 336-323 B.C., gold stater, Miletos, helmeted head of Athena r., rev. winged Nike stg. l. (S.6702; BMC2114c), good very fine £900-1100 9 Macedon, Alexander III, 336-323 B.C., silver tetradrachm, Mesembria mint, struck 175-125 B.C., head of Heracles r., rev. -
COINAGE DIES. (I.I Hav) E Place N Thidi S E Matricesgrouth L Al P , Punches Died an ,S Which Appea Havo T R E Been Use R Preparedo D E Strikinfoth R F Coinso G
8 30 PROCEEDING E , SOCIETY191510 TH Y F . O S MA , I. NOTEA COLLECTIO ON S COININOF N G INSTRUMENTTHE IN S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, EDINBURGH. BY W. J. HOCKING, CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN OP THE ROYAL MINT. By the kind permission of the Director, I was afforded facilities for examinin e coiningth g instrument Nationae th n i s l Museum, Edinburgh. The collection is of much value historically, while numerically it ranks in this country nexRoyae thao th t t n ti l Mint Museum. wels i t lI know1 n thar nationaou t l record e deplorablar s y lackin n examplei g e th f o s mediaeval tools used in the production of medals and coins. On this account alone, therefore, it is of special interest to find that this collec- tion includes a coinage die of the fourteenth century, a medal die of the sixteenth century, and a considerable number of both coinage and medal dies of the seventeenth century. Fresh material is thus added to the scanty store existing for the study of the rise and development of this- important brance finth e f artsho . Amongst the collection, which is mainly composed of dies prepared for use, there are also pattern dies. The latter, in addition to their special features of workmanship and design, have an attraction for the numismatist because, so far as can be ascertained, no corresponding coins or medals have as yet been recorded. The collectio matrices3 n 16 contain l al , n i puncheonss died n ,an i s great variety. -
Roman and Medieval Coins Found in Scotland, 2006–10 | 227
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 143 (2013), 227–263ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL COINS FOUND IN SCOTLAND, 2006–10 | 227 Roman and medieval coins found in Scotland, 2006–10 J D Bateson* and N M McQ Holmes† ABSTRACT &RLQVDQGRWKHUQXPLVPDWLFÀQGVIURPORFDWLRQVDFURVV6FRWODQGDUHOLVWHGDQGGLVFXVVHG INTRODUCTION alphabetically by location. The type of site is included for the Roman sites of A1, with those This survey lists those coins recovered and on the Antonine Wall preceded by AW, eg ‘AW reported between January 2006 and December fort’. WRJHWKHU ZLWK D IHZ HDUOLHU ÀQGV ZKLFK The medieval catalogue covers all issues have not been included in earlier papers in from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Act of this series. The catalogue and discussion cover Union in 1707. For the 17th century, all gold coins dating from the Roman period to the and silver coins are included, but the numerous Act of Union of 1707 and include all casual Scottish copper coins are not normally listed DQG PHWDOGHWHFWRU ÀQGV ZKLFK KDYH EHHQ individually. Where such coins occur as part of QRWLÀHG WR HLWKHU RI WKH DXWKRUV DV ZHOO DV assemblages containing earlier coins, this fact is KRDUGVIRXQGLQLVRODWLRQDQGDQXPEHURIÀQGV appended to the list. In the discussion section, from archaeological excavations and watching the 17th-century material is again treated EULHIV&RLQÀQGVIURPPDMRUH[FDYDWLRQVZKLFK separately. will be published elsewhere, have, on occasion, In addition to the identity of each coin, not been listed individually, but reference has the following information, where available, is been made to published or forthcoming reports. included in the catalogue: condition/weight/ The format follows that of the previous die axis/location. -
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III. NOTE F SOMO S E UNPUBLISHED EECORDE COINAGETH F O SF O S BY .B JAMEW . VI COCHRAS N PATRICK, B.A., LL.B., F.S.A. SOOT. Some unpublished records of the coinages of the reign of James the Sixth stile ar , l e Registeextanth n i t r House consistd e firsth an , t n i , place, of the "Minutes of the Privy Council," extending in almost a complete series from the commencement to the close of the period. A few extracts from thes givee Lindsay ear b s ne " hi Vieth n yf i w o Coinag f Scotland,o e " bue mosth t t importan f theo t m have never hitherto been made accessible to the Scottish numismatist. It will be seen fro e followinmth g descriptions that they supply e nearlth l al y blanks which exist at present in our knowledge of the various series of coin f thio s s reign. Ther s alsi e mosa o t important " e Compth f o t Cunzie" mad y Thomab e s Acheson, extending from April 158o t 2 August 1606d affordinan , g full informatioe e dateth th f o so t s a n various mintage e amountth d san s coined. Severa wardense th f o l ' books and registers of the daily work at the Mint are also preserved ; and one interesting register, of the' mintages from 1588 to 1592 has been dis- covered amongs Society'e MSSe th th t n i . s indebte Librarym a I d dan , to Mr Joseph Anderson for directing my attention to it. -
Names from City Directories, 1876-1889
City Directory Death Dates, Removed To, and Marriages 1876 - 1889 Dir. Year Surname Given Month Day Year Age Removed: 1884 Aab Thomas A. to Poughkeepsie 1888 Aaron Christopher B. to Erie, Pa. 1880 Abberger Simon 6 1879 1883 Abbey Ashahel M. to Kansas City, Mo. 1886 Abbey Charlotte A. to Kankakee, Ill. 1884 Abbott Adoniram J. to Geneseo 1887 Abbott Benjamin V. to New York City 1887 Abbott Charles H. to Chicago, Ill. 1889 Abbott Charles M. from city 1887 Abbott Fred. L. to Syracuse 1884 Abbott John B. to Geneseo 1883 Abbott Luman 11 9 1882 1882 Abbott S. Augustus to Eau Claire, Wis. 1887 Abbott Walter S. to Gananoque, Can. 1879 Abel Bernard to Fowlerville 1876 Abel Lester from city 1882 Abel Sarah B. to Greece 1884 Abeles Henry from city 1884 Abell Joseph to San Francisco, Cal. 1885 Abels Joseph 12 21 1884 39 1880 Abercrombie Archibald from city 1879 Abey Harry T. to Schroon Lake 1887 Abner Edward to Brooklyn 1876 Abrams George from city 1888 Absom William to Cincinnati, Oh. 1885 Acer Murray from city 1884 Achilles Charles B. to Palatka, Fla. 1879 Achilles Charles P. 9 20 1878 to Tacoma, 1888 Achilles Henry L., Jr. Washington Territory 1881 Acker Daniel F. from city 1888 Acker Jacob to Bellville, Canada 1884 Acker Jacob B. to Rome 1886 Acker Jacob B. to Ovid, N. Y. 1876 Acker John H. to Troy 1885 Ackerman Frank 12 31 1884 23 1885 Ackerman Leslie W. to Ogdensburg 1885 Ackerman Philip M. to Gates 1883 Ackerman Philip S. 11 15 1882 1877 Ackes Jacob to California 1889 Adair Peter to St. -
Mark Free Ebook
FREEMARK EBOOK Mary Ann Beavis,Mikeal Parsons,Charles Talbert | 302 pages | 01 Jan 2012 | Baker Publishing Group | 9780801034374 | English | Ada, MI, United States Mark 1 NIV - John the Baptist Prepares the Way - The - Bible Gateway The Mark was a currency or unit of account in many nations. It Mark named for the mark unit of weight. Considerable variations, however, occurred throughout the Middle Ages. As of Mark, the only circulating currency named Mark is the Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark. In England the Mark never appeared as a coin but was only a unit of account. It was apparently introduced in the 10th century by the Danes. In Mark, the merk Scots was a Mark coin of that value, issued first in and Mark in The mark used in the market of Cologne Cologne mark : Ina Reichsthaler was introduced of which 9 were to be minted Mark a Cologne Mark of fine silver. Marks were Mark minted, though. Instead, schilling Mark were minted with Mark schillings representing one Reichsthaler; i. In Mark attempt to prevent debasement of the currency by the influx of adulterated coins, the Bank of Hamburg German Mark Hamburger Bank was founded in It was modeled after the Mark of the Bank of Amsterdam. Both these banks established a stable money of account. The Hamburg unit of account was the mark banco. It was credited in exchange for the sale of bullion or by way of credit against collateral. No coins or banknotes were issued, but accounts were opened showing a credit balance. The account holders Mark use Mark credit balances by remittances to other accounts or by drawing bills of exchange Mark them. -
MISCELLANEA out of the Wreckage of the Byzantine and Lombard Dominions in Italy Arose in the Course of the Ninth and Tenth Centu
MISCELLANEA A SOUTH ITALIAN IMITATION OF AN ANGLO-SAXON PENNY OUT of the wreckage of the Byzantine and Lombard dominions in Italy arose in the course of the ninth and tenth centuries a group of duchies that were to give rise to opulent city states in the Middle Ages. Usually these states imitated Byzantine coinage (Figs. 1-2) and it is remarkable to note the few examples of an Italian state copying the design of an Anglo-Saxon penny.1 The following copper half-follaro of Gaeta2 whose derivation from the English series has hitherto remained unrecognized, is known from two specimens, one in the British Museum (Fig. 3): MARJldO cons £T DVX. Diademed draped bust to left. IOH(Ald€)S cons €T DVX. Cross within quatrefoil. The head of the state of Gaeta bore the title Consul et Dux from about 960, and Marino and Giovanni his son held this rank together between 978 and 984. The Saxon prototype appears to be the obverse of either the last type of Edgar, or Edward the Martyr (Fig. 4), or the first type of TEthelraed II, i.e. with a maximum date range of c. 973 to c. 979.3 We are already familiar with the conception of the presence of Anglo-Saxon coins in Rome. Clearly their influence—and that almost contemporary with their issue—extended further south and to a date even later than Mr. Blunt has already demonstrated. J. P. C. KENT 1 C. E. Blunt, " Four Italian coins imitating Anglo-Saxon types ", B.N.J. 1945-8, p.