Charles I 2d turner 1629
Date Added: 16 May 2012
Year: 1629
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2006_180 | ▶
Picture No: 11134
Two pence Scots copper turner (one sixth penny English) of Charles I's first coinage (1629). The benefit of this issue went to the Earl of Stirling in order to redeem a large debt owed to him by the crown, and these coins are therefore called Stirling turners.
The coin has a thistle on one side with the lettering CAROLVS.D.G.MAG.BRIT. in a band round the rim, and a lion on the other with the lettering FRAN.&.HIB.REX.
This coin was sent to the NMAS for identification by the donor in 1975. The response from the NMAS is in the object information file in the front office.
Dimensions: Diameter 17mm
Groups: Dornoch Finds and Treasure Trove
Album: burgh - 3006 pictures
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