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CONCERNING SOME ROETTIERS DIES. 151for the guinea. Another undraped puncheonis toleft, but it is not laureated. Yet another is laureated,but agrees with the die of a larger medal, see No. 38.The Scottish pattern crown (Burns, 1094) of 1 716 is madefrom the same obverse puncheon as the English of1709 ;five dies for obv. and two for rev. are in Young'scollection. The obv. dies may have been originallydesigned in 1708. Young produced confusion bycombining diesfor the guineas, hypothetically usinga medal die with English title with an unfinishedScottish reverse (see Burns, 1096), and a die with drapedbust, probably intended for a shilling, bearing theScottish legend, with the finished reverse (Burns, 1095).Two puncheons and an undated embryo reverse diewith Scottish arms may be, as per Roettiers's list, forthe 17089 coinage. There are two other unfinishedand three finished guineareverse dies. For detailsof these intended coinages, see Brit. Num. Journal,vol. iii, pp. 230-9 and 248-56.VI.EXTRACT CONCEIVING THE DIES FROMJOHN KOETTIERS'S WILL.Copy of an Article of the Will of Mr. John Koettiers ofthe Parish of St. Andrews Holborn made at LondonMarch 13 yf and proved in the Prerogative Court ofCanterbury on July 131703.Item I do give and bequeath to my friend Peter Vanderberghof London merchant one of my Executors hereafternamed all my Dyes, Puncheons for Medals & graving tools,and also all my aggats and other stones wrought andunwrought in trust that the said Peter Vanderbergh shallwith all convenient speed after my decease sett all my saidDyes Puncheons Tools aggats and stones and distribute theneat proceed thereof (the charges of and about the sale beingfirst deducted) viz. One fourth to my son Norbertus, one