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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 438366, member: 12789&quot;]The Angels and the £6 coin should be made of real gold.&nbsp; These are some base metal, probably an alloy of some tin, perhaps a small amount of lead, zinc etc.&nbsp; Here is a Noble from Edward III(1327-1377) as an example of what was the earlier primary coin in England:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/britannia/englands1502.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Angels shouldn&#039;t say Richard, but more likely Ricard which is closer to Latin.&nbsp; Otherwise they would have Henricus or Edward as the monarch.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Scottish £6 is a remarkably rare coin that was minted with the date of 1557 only.&nbsp; Scottish sterling quickly depreciated and the coins were melted as the gold was worth more than the value of the coin.&nbsp; There are exponentially more replicas sold than coins were ever minted.&nbsp; SCA events are prime territory for purchasing these.&nbsp; I know when I did SCA events in TX there was someone there with a mint stamping out &quot;pennies&quot; etc. that mimicked medieval coinage.&nbsp; In the last 10 years or so, I have seen exactly one £6 coin that was authentic.&nbsp; Many of these replicas are in fact hammered as the originals were, but not in the original metal of course which would have been silver or gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an enigmatic piece that likely originated in an SCA type venue in Texas:</p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/misccoins/armedal.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This piece is actually silver, but otherwise it is some very skilled diesinkers artwork and not an authentic coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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