of Scottish coins As with Scottish weights and measures, many of the Scottish denominations bore the same names as those in England, but were of slightly different values. The dates, and first kings to issue them are included: Pistole – Gold, 12 pounds Scots Dollar – Replacement for the ryal, 60 Scots shillings (James VI) Ryal – Gold, 1565 Crown or Lion – Gold (James I) Half-crown, Demi-Lion or Demys – Gold (James I) Ducat or "bonnet" – 40 shillings, 1539 (James V) Mark or merk – Gold (giving rise to the term markland) Noble – Gold, worth half a mark, 1357 (David II, reintroduced by Robert III) Unicorn – Gold, 18 shillings Scots, 1484–85 (James III) Half-unicorn – Gold, 9 shillings Scots (James IV) Testoun – silver, 1553. Was produced in France with the new process of mill and screw, being the first milled coinage of Scotland. Bawbee – Billon, six pence from 1537 Shilling Groat – Silver, equivalent to four pence, from 1357 (giving rise to the term groatland) Half-groat – Silver, equivalent to two pence, from 1357 Turner – Billon, two pence (James VI), later copper. Bodle – Copper, two pence (Charles II) Hardhead – also called Lion, billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI Penny – Billon, one of the earliest coins, dating from David I. Later made of copper; giving rise to the term pennyland. Halfpennies – Initially literally half of a penny, these became minted coins in their own right in c.1280. Later made of copper. Farthing or quarter-penny – These were originally quarters of pennies, but as with Halfpennies, became coins in their own right in c.1280. Later made of copper. Plack Scottish monarchs who issued coins David I (1124–1153) Malcolm IV (1153–1165) William I the Lion (1165–1214) Alexander II (1214–1249) Alexander III (1249–1286) John Balliol (1292–1296) Robert I the Bruce (1306–1329) David II (1329–1371) Robert II (1371–1390) Robert III (1390–1406) James I (1406–1437) James II (1437–1460) James III (1460–1488) James IV (1488–1513) James V (1513–1542) Mary I (1542–1567) James VI (1567–1625) Charles I (1625–1649) Charles II (1660–1685) James VII (1685–1688) William II and Mary II (1689–1694) William II (1694–1701) Anne (1701–1714, no coins minted after Union) See also Pound Scots Modern Scottish banknotes Notes References and further reading Donald Bateson. Scottish Coins. Shire Book, Bucks, 1987, Jean Belaubre. Dictionnaire de numismatique médiévale occidentale. Paris, Léopard d'Or, 1996. Holmes,