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THE COIN MARKET
In the foregoing estimate (1530) the Anglo-Gallic
series (see present volume, pp. 171, 176, 183, 192) is
not included ; and it must be confessed that it almost
equally present difficulties, and a disproportionate aug-
mentation of outlay, in case the object is to acquire
fine examples.
In regard to the coinage of Scotland, one singu-
larity is that the denominations from the eleventh
century to the Union surpass in number those of
England from the fifth or sixth century to the present
day ; and a tolerably safe guide in selection is the
principle of confining oneself to pieces in good pre-
servation in the respective metals, not omitting to
provide for such reigns and names as John Baliol,
Robert Bruce, and Mary, and coins of historical in-
terest, such as the Bonnet-piece of 1539, the Cruxck-
ston Dollar of 1565, &c. One hundred representative
Scotish coins in all metals should be obtainable for
i?150, and such a total of specimens would comprise
every denomination, there being about ninety. Of the
Anglo-Gallic money we have supplied some statistics
elsewhere.
Yet an aggregate of 1530, as suggested, is capable
of putting the owner in possession of a thoroughly good
national collection, not from the point of view of the
British Museum, but from that of an average private
individual. Having regard, however, to the large
quota of gold types, and other high-priced articles,
especially in the Stuart groups, we should err in
estimating the cost at less than ^3000, of which
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