Définition

• A gold coin of Scotland, of the weight of one hundred and eighteen grains, and of a value of ?7 6s. 8d., which obtains its name from the thistle on the side of the ship. The obverse has the following inscription : iacobvs . 6 . dei . gratia . rex . scotorum . and a ship with flags bearing respectively 1 and 6 at the bow and stern, with a Scottish shield crowned over the side, and a thistle-head in the waves.

  This piece occurs only in the fourth coinage of James VI, i.e., in 1588, and the dies were engraved by Thomas Foulis.

La source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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