Cameron Maclean
@CMaclean96
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@sgsah PhD student at @UofGlasgow researching Scottish, English and British coins. Details: https://t.co/r6nBbgMq40
Glasgow
Joined November 2021
King James IV of Scotland handled this very coin when he personally distributed it as part of a Royal Maundy ceremony in 1512. It's one of the most incredible objects I’ve ever held. This specimen, 1 of just 3 in existence, is from the Lord Stewartby Collection at the @hunterian.
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@ynwa_matt I actually prefer that reverse design to the one that was adopted. Here's a similar florin:
A silver pattern florin coin of Queen Victoria dating to 1848. It depicts the Scottish thistle, English rose & Irish shamrocks intertwined with Victoria’s ‘VR’ cypher. The badge of the Prince of Wales appears below. This design was not adopted for circulation. From the @hunterian
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@SilverExonian Here's some of the 1848 patterns with various names:
Other names were also considered for the florin, a coin worth one tenth of a pound. These names included dime, decade and centum.
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The reverses compared. The British coins minted in Edinburgh in 1709 were the last to be struck in Scotland.
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@David45885775 Thanks for coming. It’s always 4d in England but the Scottish groat was struck to a range of values.
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