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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2287690, member: 12789&quot;]Yes the coins changed everytime a new monarch came to the throne.&nbsp; After the reign of Charles II(1660-1685) coinage was rather scarcely minted, usually only in small batches until quite late in the reign of George III(1760-1820).&nbsp; The exception was Queen Anne&#039;s(1702-1714) reign when there was a mint opened in Edinburgh during 1707-1709 to re coin Scotland&#039;s coinage into British sterling.&nbsp; Those coins all have E mintmarks below the monarch&#039;s portrait.&nbsp; There was an earlier recoinage during the reign of William III(1694-1702) where the older hammered coinage was all called in to several mint cities to be recoined - but most of those coins wore out and disappeared back into a furnace sometime during the 18th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Queen Anne&#039;s coins are notable for being the first truly &quot;British&quot; coins that circulated throughout the whole of Great Britain.&nbsp; Prior to 1707 Scottish coinage along with whatever else, ie Dutch stuivers, dubbelties, French liards etc circulated in Scotland.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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