Description - A View of the Coinage of Scotland; With Copious Tables, Lists, Descriptions, and Extracts from Acts of Parliament; And an Account of Numerous Hoards of Parcels of Coins Discovered in Scotland, and of Scottish Coins Found in Ireland. Illustrated with Upwards by John Lindsay
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...of the army, eight Unicorns weighing the ounce, and of the fineness of twenty-one carats, and also licenses the Earl of Arran to coin thirty ounces of the fineness of the gold of the mint. The next act bears date, March 11, 1518, and by it the Lords Regent and Council direct the Irons of the Unicorn to be delivered to the treasurer for the coining of fifty ounces of gold to James Earl of Arran, &c., and that the said Unicorns to be coined by him be of the weight of the old Unicorn, and of the fineness of the gold of the mint, and that the treasurer or his clerk be master of the said coinage, to see that it hold the weight and fineness, and keep the Irons. The next act bears date, March 16, 1518, and by it the Lords ordain, that because the Irons for the coining of Unicorns were directed to be delivered to the treasurer for the coining of certain Unicorns to James Earl of Arran of gold of the mint, and the keys of the same cannot be found, that therefore the treasurer in presence of the Privy Seal, Lord Erskine, and the Captain of the castle of Edinburgh, shall cause the locks where the said Irons are, to be taken off and made new again, and the Irons to be delivered to the treasurer for the coinage of the said Unicorns after the form of the act before made thereupon. The next is that of March 30, 1519, and it recites that the Lords Regent and Council have granted license to James Earl of Arran, to coin fifty ounces of gold in pieces which shall be of the weight of the old Unicorn, and of the fineness of the gold of the mint, and that the Irons of the Unicorns be delivered to the treasurer or his clerk to the same effect, who shall see that the Unicorns that shall be coined by the said Earl, shall hold the weight and fineness aforesaid, and to keep the I...
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