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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 7915007, member: 12789&quot;]Just a note on the points on the reverse of Scots pennies - it is conjectural because the original records are lost - 24 point coins were most likely minted in Berwick because they are the most common coins of a fairly common overall mintage for that era.&nbsp; Berwick was then the source of most of the silver used in Scotland so it would make sense that most coins were minted there.</p><p><br /></p><p>But.. it gets interesting because Berwick being in proximity to the border oft was either part of Scotland or England depending on how the winds of military might blew.&nbsp; In the late 13th century it became part of England and I have a coin minted during the reign of Edward I that I am trying to find an image of.&nbsp; Trading of border communities is what likely permitted the minting of Scots coinage in the first place during the reign of David I(1124-1153):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/its-a-saturday-post-something-that-begins-with-an-s.386892/#post-7913759" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/its-a-saturday-post-something-that-begins-with-an-s.386892/#post-7913759">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/its-a-saturday-post-something-that-begins-with-an-s.386892/#post-7913759</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is believed now that approximately 50 million pennies were struck during the 1280-1286 years of Alexander III&#039;s reign - a particularly huge number that was quickly absorbed into the growing trade economy with England and the rest of Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is one of the early fascinating eras of Scots coinage because there were 16 mints operating in Scotland and some like Berwick, Edinburgh, Perth are common but others like Ayr are little stinkers to find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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