smaller the Carolus. At p. 80 the one is mentioned as 'the Scotes and
English Jacobuses, which we call 14 pound peices,' and the other as 'the
new Jacobus, which we cal the 20 shiling sterling peice.' At p. 154 he
speaks of '10 Caroluses, or 20 shiling peices,' so that the new Jacobus and
the Carolus are the same. While there was only one weight of Scots gold
piece of the issue value of 20s. sterling, in England during the reigns of
James I., Charles I., and Charles II. there were four: 1, the sovereign of
James I. (172 grains); 2, the unite or double angel of James (154 grains),
the same as in Scotland; 3, the laurel of James, the unite of Charles I.,
and the broad of Charles II. (140 grains); 4, the guinea[34] of Charles
II., first struck in 1663 (131 grains). Now Lauder's larger coin was a
Scots or English Jacobus, therefore it is the unite of James VI.; and his
smaller coin is called both a Carolus and a new Jacobus, therefore it is
the coin of 140 grains. The two pieces are mentioned in a proclamation by
the Privy Council in 1661 heightening certain coins.[35]

[34] Once mentioned by Lauder, p. 220.

[35] This table may be compared with Louis XIII.'s valuation of some of
these coins (p. 80). The Scots piece there mentioned with two
swords, and the legend _Salus_, etc., is no doubt the sword and
sceptre piece of James VI. (1601-4). But the issue value of the
whole piece, not the half piece, was 611. Scots.

£ s. D. Scots. £ s. D. Scots.
formerlie current at now to be current at
The Double Angel [36] 13.06.08 14.04.08
The Single Angel 6.13.04 7.02.04
The Dager Peice 6.13.04 7.02.04
The Scots Ryder 6.13.04 7.02.04