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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26398893, member: 86815&quot;]Great pick ups. the Isle of Man is often found well worn as it was a curiosity. The William III is extra nice as it has the extra letter so 9 letters in the forename instead pf 8 so GVLIELMVS instead of the usual GVLIEMUS The engraver was John Rottier or his son James whose family had strong Jacobite (Catholic)&nbsp; links and he was dismissed in 1697 when a mint enquiry found him guilty of smuggling dies out of the London Tower Mint of Charles II and James II to France. In 1688 John had a muscular disease in his hands which made engraving difficult so the sons Norbert and James were appointed as engravers to assist to &quot;keep the salary&quot; in the family.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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