245 



Rev. CHRiSTO AV8PICE REGNO. An oval shield crowned 

 and garnished, between c and R crowned.^ 



3. Obv. CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB REX. The 



king on horseback, ebor under the horse. 

 Rev. CHRISTO AVSPiCE REGNO. Oval shield, crowned and 

 garnished, grasped by the four paws of a lion.^ 

 Shillings. 



1. Obv. CAROLVS D Q MAG BRI FR ET HI REX. King's bust 



crowned, xii behind the head. 

 Rev. CHRISTO AVSPiCE REGNO. Square shield and cross 

 fleury. ebor above the shield.'^ 



2. Obv. CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIB REX. BuSt 



and numeral as No. 1. 

 Rev. CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO. Oval shield, garnished 

 and crowned, ebor below the shield.* 

 The legends and devices of the several types of the smaller 

 denominations of coin, present a general resemblance to those 

 of the shilling.^ 



The York Mint of King William III. 



The last occasion of money being coined at York was in the 

 reign of King William III. when the loss and inconvenience 

 experienced by the public from the debased condition of the 

 silver currency had become so grievous and intolerable, that a 

 remedy was imperatively called for. ** The ill state of the coin," 

 was a prominent topic of the king's speech on opening parlia- 

 ment in November 1695, and a committee of the house of com- 

 mons having recommended that all the clipped money should be 

 recoined, the first statute that received the royal assent in this 



» Hawkins, pi. 42, No. 497. 



' Ibid, pi. 42, No. 498. Three specimens of this type are in the cabinet of the 

 Yorkshire Philosophical Society, struck from dies slightly diflFering from each other. 

 MS. Cat., p. 19, Nos. 10, 11, 12. Foiir other tj^es are known, two of them being 

 distinguished by the word eboe under the horse. 



3 Hawkins, pi. 46, No. 626. 



♦ Ibid, No. 627. A specimen is in the cabinet of the Y. P. S. MS. Cat., p. 28, 

 No. 44. Three other types of shillings are described. 



» Buding, pi. 21, Nos. 7, 8, 9. Supp. pi. 6, No. 8. 



