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LM41832

Scotland, William II 1697 Forty Shillings, NONO edge year

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Scotland, William II (1694-1702), silver Forty Shillings, 1697, laureate and draped bust left, value 40, legend and toothed border surrounding, GVLIELMVS. DEI. GRATIA., rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau, date in legend, MAG. BRIT. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. 1697., edge inscribed in raised letters, .PROTEGIT. ET. ORNAT. .ANNO. REGNI. NONO., weight 18.05g (SCBI 35:1742 Ashmoleon, 1743 Hunterian; Burns 7 fig. 1074; S.5682). Unevenly toned, wear both sides, with a pleasing face on the King, almost very fine.

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 ninth year of the reign."

Provenance:

Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, Spring 2016, List 28, item 738.

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