Unite (English coin)
The unite was the second
Tower Mint
in London.
Several
orb and sceptre; the style of the king's beard varies during the issue. The legend on the obverse reads IACOBUS D G MA BRI FRA ET HI REX (Iacobus Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex) – James by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland. The reverse shows a crowned shield which shows the arms of the four countries separating the letters IR – Iacobus Rex, King James, and the legend FACIAM EOS IN GENTEM UNAM ("I will make them one nation", from Ezekiel 37:22).[1]
Numerous issues of gold unites valued at twenty shillings were produced at the Tower Mint throughout the reign of King
crown over a shield bearing the royal arms and the legend FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA – Through concord kingdoms flourish. During the Civil War, provincial mints produced very rare unites to pay the troops, at Chester, Oxford, Bristol, Exeter, Worcester and Shrewsbury
– some of these unites are today unique coins.
Gold unites were issued during the Commonwealth, this time bearing a legend exclusively in English: THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND on the obverse and GOD WITH US on the reverse. This was due to an association of Latin with Catholicism.[3]
They were also issued during a period when hammered coins were issued under King
Sovereign
of 1817.
See also
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- Triple unite
- British coinage
References
- ^ ISBN 3-9501620-3-8.
- ISBN 1-4021-1090-1)
- papist." Mulligan, Tom (1972). Better Coin Collecting. London: Kaye & Ward. p. 13.
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