National Museum of Scotland

Donal Bateson is the Senior Curator in the Hunterian Museum and Reader in Numismatics at the University of Glasgow. He studied Archaeology at Queen's University Belfast. He is Curator of the internationally renowned Hunter Coin Cabinet and has published widely in numismatics especially on the coinage and currency of Scotland. He organised the highly successful XIVth International Numismatic Congress Glasgow 2009 and the Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d'Art Congress FIDEM XXXII Glasgow 2012. Dr Bateson is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society and past Vice-President of the International Numismatic Council.N. M. McQ. Holmes was Archaeologist, Edinburgh City Museums, 1973-1989; Professional Assistant, then Curator (Numismatics), National Museums Scotland, 1989-2009; Research Associate, NMS, 2009 to date; former member of Council of the British Numismatic Society, and Editor of British Numismatic Journal; Editor of Proceedings of the XIVth International Numismatic Congress, Glasgow, 2009.

• LIST OF FIGURESPREFACETHE COINAGES OF 1603-1709SOURCES OF THE COLLECTION, WITH A LIST OF FINDSABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHYARRANGEMENT OF THE CATALOGUEPLATES (coins)James VI goldJames VI silverJames VI copperCharles I goldCharles I silverCharles I silver and copperCharles I copperCharles II silverCharles II silver and copperCharles II copperCharles II copper and James VII silverJames VII silverJames VII silver and William and Mary silverWilliam and Mary silverWilliam and Mary silver and copperWilliam and Mary copperWilliam II gold and silverWilliam II silverWilliam II copper 0095. Anne pre-Union silverAnne post-Union silver of the Edinburgh mintAnne post-Union silver of the Edinburgh mint and James VIII pattern guineasJames VIII pattern crowns, and a modern forgeryTHE MINTING TOOLSAPPENDIX - THE COUNTERPUNCHEONSPLATES (minting tools)Eight perspectives of die T6T1-T12T13-T33T34-T52T53-T62T63-T73T74-T87T88-T105T106-T118T119-T132T133-T143CONCORDANCES