THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

TERMINOLOGY
where the process still continues, to revolutionise the
state of knowledge and necessitate the rewriting of our
early numismatic annals.
Turner and half-turner—A copper coin of Scotland
under James I. of Great Britain (1614), equal to two-
pence and a penny Scots respectively. (See " Diary of
Mr. John Lamont of Newton,'''' 1830, p. 165.) It was
continued under Charles I. and II.
Turney—A species of " black money " current in
Ireland in 1339, and imitated from the tournois coinage
of France. Some other description of black money was
in circulation at Dover in 1341. This was simply
the zwaarte of the Low Countries plated to pass as
silver.
Type—The pattern engraved on a die or a pair of
dies, and impressed on either side of a coin. It is an
inclusive term, and comprehends all the mmutice which
are apt to distinguish one issue from another, although
a general resemblance between two or more pieces pre-
senting subordinate variations may be sufficient to
constitute and establish identity of type. Again, from
the imperfect processes of striking, no two ancient coins
precisely correspond.
Unicorn, with the half-unicorn—A gold denomina-
tion of Scotland, which first appeared in the third
coinage of James III. (1486). It was continued under
James IV., and perhaps James V. The last does not
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