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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 341014, member: 12789&quot;]Based on the diameter you stated and the weight, the coin would have to be a Four Merks aka a Dollar coin, <b><i>but... they did not mint any dated 1677.</i></b> And thus the piece is subject to doubt as far as authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore the weight and diameter on the authentic coins is indeed subject to variation as the mint was subsequently closed in 1682 by order of Parliament because of alleged improprieties.&nbsp; It was not re-opened until 1687 during the reign of James VII when all new dies etc. were prepared.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Because the mint was closed, and being investigated all the dies, punches etc. were subsequently sent to London as part of the investigation.&nbsp; There they sat for over three hundred years until rediscovered late in the 20th century.&nbsp; Curiously because they were held as part of an investigation, they were preserved and not destroyed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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