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`Thistle' Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
`Thistle' Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
`Thistle' Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)

`Thistle' Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)

Issuer (Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1566 - 1625)
Date1602
Object NameQuarter Merk
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsCoins
DimensionsMax.: Diameter: 21 mm, Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: Weight: 2.5 gm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1947 by Innes W T Kilgour.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS011987
About MeObverse: Scottish crown above flat-topped shield
Reverse: crown above large thistle
`Thistle' Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
`Thistle' Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1602
Thistle Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
Thistle Quarter-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1601
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`Thistle' Eighth-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1602
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1601
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1601
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1603
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1604
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
Thistle Merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1601 - 1604
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`Thistle' Half-merk (Eighth Coinage : James VI)
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King James VI and I
1573
Half-Merk (First Coinage : James VI)
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King James VI and I
1572
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King James VI and I
1573
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King James VI and I
1576
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Balance Half-merk (Sixth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1591
Half-merk (Second Coinage : James VI)
Half-merk (Second Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1577
Half-Merk (Second Coinage : James VI)
Half-Merk (Second Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1575
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'Balance' Half-merk (Sixth Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
1592
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Countermarked Ryal or Sword Dollar (First Coinage : James VI)
King James VI and I
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`Thistle' Quarter-merk (James VI)
King James VI and I
1601
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Ryal or Sword Dollar (James VI)
King James VI and I
1570
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Thirty Shillings (Fourth Coinage : James VI)
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1583