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JM34314

James I gold Laurel, 3rd coinage, 4th bust, initial mark lis

Regular price £4,750
Regular price Sale price £4,750

James I (1603-25),gold Laurel of Twenty Shillings, third coinage (1619-25), fourth laureate and draped bust left, small ties behind bust, value behind, initial mark trefoil (1624), legend surrounds IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI: FR: ET HIB: REX,rev.long cross fourchée over crowned quartered shield of arms, terminal mark trefoil, FACIA M EOS IN GENTEM VNAM, no stops in legend, weight 8.76g (Schneider - ; N.2114; S.2638B).Toned, little creased. Bold fine, reverse better.

The abbreviated Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland" and on the reverse as "I will make them one nation," taken from the Bible.

The trefoil mint mark was in use for a year and original pyx trial records show that £925,429 of 22 carat crown gold was struck for this mint mark from 1st April 1624 until 31st March 1625.

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