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precision as possible, the period at which these coins were 
fabricated. : 
“In 1365 the coinage of Scotland was equivalent, in 
weight and fineness, to the current money of England, at which 
‘time the weight of the English groat was seventy-two grains. 
In 1367 the weight of the Scoteh groat was reduced to about 
sixty-one and a half grains, and no further change took place 
from that time to 1385, when money was ordered to be made 
of the same standard as in 1367. 
“<The coin of Scotland and other countries was forbidden 
in 1367 to be current in England, so much light money had 
been brought into the kingdom ; and in 1373 it was ordained 
that four pence Scotch should pass for no more than three 
pence in England; and similar ordinances were made in 1381 
and 1387. 
‘* From the evidence of these Acts, and the coins them- 
selves, it appears that the weight of the money of Scotland had 
been much reduced during the reign of Robert II. That 
these coins were fabricated subsequent to the year 1371 there 
can be no doubt, and if Mr. Lindsay’s conjecture as to the 
signification of the letter B, used as a privy mark, be admitted, 
it is probable they were made towards the close of the reign 
of Robert, who died in 1390; only three years before we 
find mention of Bonachius (monetarium nostrum) who possibly 
may have been employed some years previously in the royal 
mint.” 
List of Fourteen Scotch Coins (chiefly forgeries), which were discovered 
in April, 1852, near Pettigoe, in the County of Fermanagh, on the 
property of Mr. Barton. 
Davin IL, 1329-1371. 
1. Groat. Edinburgh. weight 47 grains. Genuine. 
es ,, 2 Bis Af r 
Bie bc 55 3 BS Kitys False. 
Din the quarter of the reverse, corresponding with the letters 
VILL. 
