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LM41837

Scotland, William II 1695 Forty Shillings, SEPTIMO, stop after Kings name only

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Scotland, William II (1694-1702), silver Forty Shillings, 1695, laureate and draped bust left, value 40 below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GVLIELMVS. DEI GRATIA., note only stop is after King's name, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau, date in legend, MAG. BRIT. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. 1695., edge inscribed in raised letters, .PROTEGIT. ET. ORNAT. .ANNO. REGNI. SEPTIMO., weight 18.46g (cf. SCBI 35:1735 Ashmoleon; cf.Burns 1 fig. 1074; S.5679). Toned, flan adjustment marks both sides across design, some raised flaws around reverse rim, almost very fine and the stop variety not recorded in the publications.

The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "William by the grace of God," and on the reverse as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland," lastly around the edge as "It protects and adorns, in the seventh year of the reign."

A number of variations are known of the obverse stops or lack of, the coin in the Ashmoleon above has the same variation but is stated to be of the other OCTAVO edge year for 1695 so it not exactly the same.

Provenance:

Ex Patrick Finn, Cumbria, 1997, list 10, item 362.

Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, Spring 2016, List 28, item 737.

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