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very old Scotland coin ID help

Postby AGgressive Metal » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:09 am

I can tell its a Scottish thistle but not a lot else. Anyone have info on this coin?
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And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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Re: very old Scotland coin ID help

Postby AGgressive Metal » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:11 am

From the "CR" I have determined its from the reign of Charles I in the early to mid 1600s - still don't know exact year, denomination, value, etc
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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Re: very old Scotland coin ID help

Postby coindood » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:41 am

I see 163? in the upper left of pic #1. How big is it?
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Re: very old Scotland coin ID help

Postby AGgressive Metal » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:09 pm

Roughly diameter of a nickel, copper/bronze
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For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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Re: very old Scotland coin ID help

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:44 pm

Scotland 1640's Charles I 2 pence :shh:
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Re: very old Scotland coin ID help

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:45 pm

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces63398.html
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Re: very old Scotland coin ID help

Postby AGgressive Metal » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:06 am

thanks Rob!
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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