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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1222113, member: 12789&quot;]Uh uh, The first <b>English</b> coin with a date was indeed the 1551 crown of Edward VI.&nbsp; But the first coin struck in the British Isles with a date was the <b>1539 dated </b><b>Scottish</b> ducat of 40/-.&nbsp; Said coin also has the distinction of bearing the first &quot;renaissance&quot; ie side portrait of a monarch on a British coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/coins/scotlands5378.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Undated, but from the same period with a similar renaissance portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from British coins, an interesting CNGCoins auction back a couple of months back had several hundred early dated coins - from the 13th and 14th centuries - mostly in Roman numerals, but enough in arabic numerals or there derivatives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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