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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1999646, member: 12789&quot;]Which is why they are in such miserable shape.&nbsp; In contrast it is possible to even find silver patterns of the bronze coinages from the 17th century as they were made for wealthy collectors.&nbsp; Silver was recoined in 1707-1709 in Edinburgh.&nbsp; But bronze was not recoined and bodles circulated as a rough farthing and the bawbee as a halfpenny - even though the bodle was worth 1/3 of a bawbee it didn&#039;t correspond into the new English sterling standard and bronze Scots coins continued on circulating given that new British bronze coins were scarce even in England and rarely made it north.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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