Silver 4 pence from the year of the Glorious Revolution – the first and last time in British history that a King and a Queen reigned jointly with Parliament
On the other side are the heads of William of Orange and Queen Mary.
MAG.BR.FR.ET.HIB.REX ET REGINA 1689
Which I think means- Of Great Britain,France (?) and Ireland King and Queen
Why France? I wonder…
The coin and the mid-17th Century atlas from my childhood collecting days