Evening star., 1907-08-15
HIS TORICAL COINS.
DISCS FROM OLD MINTs THAT
ARE HIGHLY PRIZED.
The Gold Piece Charles I Gave Bishop
Juxon on the Scaffold
the Rarest.
From the New York Sun.

The high premiums paid for certain
English and Scottish coins at the recent
sale in this city of the English section of
the great coin collection OF the la:e Will
liam g. Appleton of Boston draws atten-
tion to the coins which. after those as
socfated with this country, are Of creates,
interest to the American collector 1t is
often the case that the American, after
having exhausted the field of United
States issues. turns to the English and
Scottish coinage where he finds a wealth
OF interesting varieties.
Perhaps the rarest coin Of all the En-
glish series is the Juxon goldpiece, which
has an interesting history. King Charles
l, when moving from point to point in
defending his crown, carried in mis- train
an engraver by the name of Rawlins. The
royal excheQuer sometimes ran so low
that the private plate of the kings ad-
herents was cut up and stamped with
dies made on the spot by the ensraver, a
practlce which produced the interesting
variety Of siegepieces, or necessity
money.
While with the army Rawlins designed
a pattern five broad piece. equivalent in
value to about $25, and cut the dies for
the coin. Only one specimen was struck.
this oeing In gold and it was given to the
pocket piece.
on the diverse the bareheaded bust Of
the king, with flowing hair and Fandyke
lace collar. On the reverse were the royal
arms arms at either side being &C" and "R," /"
While around the border was Inscribed
the same motto which is borne by many
coins Of his reign-"Florent Concordia
Resna' Ckingdoms flourish by concord).
Gave Coin to Juxon.
The king kept it in his possession until
he came to the scaffold, where, 1t being the
| last thing of value left to him, he bestowed
II upon Bishop Juxon, who attended him
IN his last moments The piece passed
from one owner to another until it was
sold to Mr.. Webster In 1869 for 81 .725.
AT the sale Of the Murdoch collection of
CONS IN London few years ago the Juxon
piece was sold for $3.50 to the British
Museum where it now H.
ne petition crown of Charles II ranks
hleh among the costliest Of English coins.
IL seems that all the coins of the later is
sues OF the second Charles were designed
by John Roettier of Antwerp. Thomas ST.
mon. an English engraver whose work had
been set aside for that Of the Dutch artist.
exerted h1mseit in the production of a pat
tern crown which has been pronounced one
OF the finest examples of the engraver's art
the world has ever seen. This coin he sent
to the king.
%, On the edge of the coin is the petition:
Thomas Simon. most. humbly. prays
your. Majesty. to. compare. this. his
tryall. piece. with. the Dutch. and if.
truly drawn & embossed. more. grace.
fully. ordered. and. more. accurately
engraved. to. relieve. him.
1t is probable that the king turned a
deaf ear to this appeal, but nevertheless
every one Of the copies Of the coin that
were . struck IL Is now held in the highest es-
TEEN, and II one were offered today it
would fetch fabulous premium. fine
specimen of the piece sold in London many
years ago for LIPS.
Sovereign Of Edward vi.
A sovereign of King Edward vi is held
In high estimation. 1t shows the king
sitting on his throne in royal robes, crown
ed with the scepter in his right hand and
an orb in the left. A portcullis is at his
feet. On the reverse is large double rose
within tressure of ten arches.
Over the center of the rose Is shield of
arms. around this being inscribed "Ihesu
Autem Transiens Per Medium Illorum
lbat." The inscription was borne by Eng
lish coins from 1914 up to 1903, and is a
passage from Luke: And Jesus passing
through the midst of them went away"
signal victory won by Edward III over the
French fleet off Sluys, in which 30, 600 men
were slain and 23O ships captured
The bonnet or hat piece Of James VI of
Scotland, OF the coinage Of 1591-93 is quite
a rarity. the title of which Is familiar to
readers Of historical romances. This coin
got its name from the fact that on the OBJ
verse the king wears a curious style of hat
of the period which was covered with
either pleated silk or velvet This is the
hat said to be responsible for the ballad
Blue Bonnets Over the Border"
scotland's First Gold Coin.
The first gold coin struck for Scotland
was issued in the reign of David II, 1329-71,
and only three specimens are known 1t
was known as noble. and on the diverse
is shown the king. crown on head, stand
ing in galley. In his right hand is a
sword and in the left a shield bearing the
Scotch arms.
The highest premiums ever paid for Scot
tish gold coins were given for the two-third
lion and the one-third lion of James VI,
struck before his accession to the English
throne and dated, respectively, 1887 and
1854 The designs Of these two coins are
very much alike. and show on the diverse
crowned lion holding a sword in the right
and a scepter in the left paw. the inscrip-
ton being Post 8 & 100 Proa Invicta
Manent Hec." On the reverse are four
crowned ciphers Of II r." placed cross
wise, with an IS" in the center and In
scribed Deus Indicium Tuum Regi Da"
On both sides there is an inner circle and
a cross made Of five pellets. At sale
in London some years ago the two-third
lion brought 81, ,005.