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Edward VI 1547-1553 AD
Edward VI came to the throne on the 28th of January, 1546-7, and although he only reigned six and a half years, no fewer than four distinct series of gold coins were issued during his reign. By the indentures of his first year made with the masters of the mints of Southwark, Canterbury, and the Tower, the money was to remain of the same weight and fineness as the last coinage of his father, in his 37th year. The Bristol mint also continued to be worked at this time, but perhaps only silver money was issued from it, for in the conviction of Sir W. Sharington, the master of the mint, in 1548, for having there in the first year of the king counterfeited £12,000 of coins resembling the Testoons (shillings), no mention is made of gold coins. Nor do we know of any gold coins having been issued at this time from the Southwark or Canterbury mints. Sharington’s crime was that he coined money for the use of Lord Seymour, the Lord High Admiral. He confessed it, and was pardoned. His counterfeit coins are not known.
The name Crown comes from the French gold coronne coins issued in the fourteenth century. The Crown first appeared as a British coin denomination in 1544 under Henry VIII. This was a gold coin with a value of five shillings known as the "Crown of the Rose". This coin was the first British gold coin to be made from 22 carat gold, rather than the previous standard of 23 carat. The first silver crown was produced in 1551 under Edward VI, it was one of the first British coins to bear the date in Arabic numerals. Since then the silver crown has always been the largest regularly issued British silver coin. From 1551, crowns were issued in both gold and silver, until the gold crown was discontinued after 1662. The crowns issued by Charles II and the succeeding monarchs are very popular coins, because the large size meant that the portrait could be engraved in great detail, and they are magnificent works of art.
Obverse: Edward VI on horseback right, holding sword over shoulder, date below with dots before and after, y mintmark EDWARD VI D G AGL FRANC Z HIBER REX 1551
Reverse: Shield with arms (three passant lions in two quarters, three fleur de lis in other two), long cross (or cross fourchee) behind, y mintmark end of legend POSVI DEVM A-DIVTOR-E MEV
Edward VI came to the throne on the 28th of January, 1546-7, and although he only reigned six and a half years, no fewer than four distinct series of gold coins were issued during his reign. By the indentures of his first year made with the masters of the mints of Southwark, Canterbury, and the Tower, the money was to remain of the same weight and fineness as the last coinage of his father, in his 37th year. The Bristol mint also continued to be worked at this time, but perhaps only silver money was issued from it, for in the conviction of Sir W. Sharington, the master of the mint, in 1548, for having there in the first year of the king counterfeited £12,000 of coins resembling the Testoons (shillings), no mention is made of gold coins. Nor do we know of any gold coins having been issued at this time from the Southwark or Canterbury mints. Sharington’s crime was that he coined money for the use of Lord Seymour, the Lord High Admiral. He confessed it, and was pardoned. His counterfeit coins are not known.
The name Crown comes from the French gold coronne coins issued in the fourteenth century. The Crown first appeared as a British coin denomination in 1544 under Henry VIII. This was a gold coin with a value of five shillings known as the "Crown of the Rose". This coin was the first British gold coin to be made from 22 carat gold, rather than the previous standard of 23 carat. The first silver crown was produced in 1551 under Edward VI, it was one of the first British coins to bear the date in Arabic numerals. Since then the silver crown has always been the largest regularly issued British silver coin. From 1551, crowns were issued in both gold and silver, until the gold crown was discontinued after 1662. The crowns issued by Charles II and the succeeding monarchs are very popular coins, because the large size meant that the portrait could be engraved in great detail, and they are magnificent works of art.
Obverse: Edward VI on horseback right, holding sword over shoulder, date below with dots before and after, y mintmark EDWARD VI D G AGL FRANC Z HIBER REX 1551
Reverse: Shield with arms (three passant lions in two quarters, three fleur de lis in other two), long cross (or cross fourchee) behind, y mintmark end of legend POSVI DEVM A-DIVTOR-E MEV
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