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Scotland, William & Mary 1691 40-Shillings, TERTIO edge year

Scotland, William and Mary (1688-94), silver Forty Shillings, 1691 TERTIO, conjoined laureate and draped busts left, value 40 below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GVLIELMVS. ET. MARIA. DEI. GRATIA., rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, with an escutcheon of the Lion of Nassau, date in legend, MAG. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. ET. REGINA. 1691., edge inscribed in raised letters of upright orientation to obverse, .PROTEGIT. ET. ORNAT. .ANNO. REGNI. TERTIO., weight 18.41g (SCBI 35:1694-5; Burns 3; S.5646). Toned with some surface marks and nicks both sides, light obverse rim bruise, very fine for issue, scarce.

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

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