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England, James I, 1603 – 1625
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Silver halfgroat, Seaby 2659 or 2660, Fair, 0.728g, 17.0mm, 225o, obverse I D G ROSA SINE SPINA, crowned rose; reverse TVEATVR VNITA DEVS, crowned thistle ex Forvm
"James was King of Scots as James VI from 1567 and in succeeded Elizabeth I as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1603. He often used the title King of Great Britain. The English colonization of North America began during his reign. In 1607, Jamestown was founded in Virginia, and in 1620 Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony."
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