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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3001554, member: 87080&quot;]Great coin, I&#039;ve always liked the Scottish Royal and its fractions.&nbsp; While I&#039;m not an expert on these coins, I see nothing that makes me worried about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The counter-stamp comes from 1578, when the coins of the realm were revalued.&nbsp; Silver had climbed in value to the point where the metal content of the coins was higher than the face value.&nbsp; Naturally silver coinage began to disappear as it was hoarded or melted down so the Royal Mint called in coins to be revalued, indicated by the counter-stamp, and released back into circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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