A HANDBOOK TO THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND, GIVING A DESCRIPTION OF EVERY VARIETY ISSUED BY T HE SCO TTISH um I R BILLON AND R IN GOLD, S LVE , , COPPE , F R M AL AN D R I . T O AN N O E X E E , ' u Ex p WITH AN Imonvcronr CHAPTER on THE Imm n e umPaocmsm mm . R BERT O SON, MEMBER OF T! NUMIBM TIO SOCIETY OF LONDON. LONDON L L A D O R G E B E N S O N S, nm' c mmGARDEN YORK an , o . 1 87 8 . C . W I M. A. K NG, , SENIOR FELLOW OP TRIN TY COL LEGE C AMBRIDGE I , , THIS LITTLE BOOK 1 8 G RATEFUL LY I N S CRI BED. T CON ENTS. k d Sova fimwima M Wing tbo me tala in which each Mot tou on Scot t ish Coins translate d List of Mint Towns with t he ir rin i l forms of e llin , p c pa sp g Index P R E FA C E . TH E following page s we re originally de signe d for my own use al ne but t h e c nsi i n mu mn o , o de rat o that the re st be a y colle ctors andowne rs of coins wh o would gladl y give more att e ntion to this ve ry int e re sting but some what involve d — branch of numi smatics we re they not de t e rre d by having — no easily acce ssible information on t he subj e ct h as in duce m ff r em t h ub d e to o e th to e p li c . My aimhas bee n to provide a de scription of eve ry coin is ue b t h e c is in wi ar icul ar s we i s d y S ott h M t , th p t s a to ght , fin n s - mr e e s rari min a s &c . a e r r mt he be s , ty , t k , , g th e d f o t au orit ie w mman c llec rs w ul r babl not ave th s , ho y o to o d p o y h t he r uni c nsul in e ce in our lar e ublic oppo t ty of o t g, x pt g p librarie s at t he same time I trust that t h e information thus b rought toge the r may prove suficie nt to re fre sh t he i numi ma i on in s memory of t he pract se d s t st po t of de tail . ’ f e e t an ar w r Lin a valuable ie w O th s s d d o ks , ds y s V of t he Coinage of Scotland forms t he groundwork of t h e subj ect ; but having be en publishe d more than thirty years it n ll inc ml n n in rr Tw a o is a ura e e a d e c ec . o g , t y o p t , oft o t u le me n brin in it wn 1 868 add it s in rma s pp ts, g g do to , to fo i n but not acili a e it s use . t o , do f t t b R FA CE viii P E . ’ Win a e Illu ra i n al ublis e in 1 868 Mr. g t s st t o s , so p h d — since which date ve ry much has be en discove re d cont ains a de scription andfigure of e very varie ty in hi s very e xt e n sive cabinet ; but it is onl y acce ssible to a fe w fromt he fact of t he plate s having be e n de stroye d aft e r 1 50impre ssions h adbee n take n . m rec n w r on t he ub ec Mr. C c ran Th e ost e t o k s j t, o h ’ P ri Re c r t he C ina e c lan u at ck s o ds of o g of S ot d, tho gh containing sixtee n autotype plate s with accompanying obr o nolo ical able re se n me rel as it r e e a c llec i n g t s, p ts y, p of ss s, o t o t r re s ec in t h e c ina e andnot a e cri i n of he reco ds p t g o g , d s pt o t h c in mre ve r it s rice mus lace it e n t he of e o s ; o o , p t p b yo d re ach of those who do not purpose studying dee ply this e who i bran t c ina e . w r will b ch of he o g By thos do, th s o k e found to be t h e st arting- point of a new era in Scottish numi ma ic we e in awa as it oe a va amun s t s , s p g y d s st o t of e rror anduncertainty by t he unimpeachable te stimony of n n r t he a cie t reco ds . While e nde avouring to comprehe nd all t he information with re gard to t he coins themselve s comprise d in t he ab ve - named w r s e e r wi t h l o o k , tog th th e ate st discove rie s ” e scribe in t he umisma ic C r nicle I ve aim d d N t h o , ha ed at in as c nci e as was c nsis en wi acc r be g o s o t t th u acy . In my subdivision into coinage s I have mainly adopte d t he arran emen Lin sa andWin a e m if in it g t of d y g t , od y g to ui t he al e ra i ns re cribe b t he r c r I ave s t t t o p s d y e o ds . h the re fore re cognize d as distinct issue s many change s of type w ic are not n ice in e cume n h h ot d thos do ts . Wi re ec illus ra i ns I ave fi ur lm th sp t to t t o , h g e d a ost all PREFA CE . ix t he r minen varie ie e w ic ccur u ar p o t t s of typ h h o p to M y , after which time t he date on eve ry coin is a sufficient a i nc fo i t l n ss sta e r dete rmini ng t h e issue to wh ch i be o gs . In an introductory chapte r I have given a de scription of t he vari u r e r ui it for t h r uc i n a c in o s p oce ss s e q s e e p od t o of o , w ic I e ma r ve in e re h h hop y p o of t st. b s - P ri for hi My e t thanks are due to Mr. Cochran at ck s kindne s s in allowing me to make any use of his book that mi wi v v il m lf Of i in rmi I ght sh . I ha e a a e d yse th s k d pe s sion by drawin g t he large r numbe r of t h e coins fromhi s e au iful la e s w ic re se n a c lle c i n ie ce in t h e b t p t , h h p t o t o of p s i e s s a Th r r en a i n t he h gh t t te of pre se rvation . e ep e s t t o of N m i d h t he c in r an ii . an t e w cu o Coine r [F g. ! ood t of o in - r Fi v in m ur i . r b a a e ce . g p e ss [ g!. ) we e o t e d fro t he s m so JOHN DRUMMOND ROBERTSON . T mrr r omm n C on, CAMB I E R DG , u J ne, 1 878 ' D T CHAPTER INTRO IIO ORY . UNTIL t he introduction of t he screw - pre ss in t h e middle — of t h e sixteenth ce ntury probably sugge ste d by t he inve n — tion of t he printing- pre ss t he proce ss of coining in me dias val time s hadunde rgone little or no alteration fromt he b t h is method e mploye d y e ancients .