Alternative Names 5 Exchequer Row
Site type MINT
Canmore ID 20179
Site Number NJ90NW 56
NGR NJ 943 062
Council ABERDEEN, CITY OF
Parish ABERDEEN
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District CITY OF ABERDEEN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ90NW 56 c. 943 062

(Area NJ 943 062). The existence of a mint in Aberdeen is testified by the occurrence of coins and dies bearing the name of the city and covering the period from the reign of Alexander II (1214-49) to that of James IV (1488-1513). It would certainly not be in operation after 1527 when a permanent 'cunzie-house' was established in Edinburgh. An old building known as 'the Mint' stood on Exchequer Row, between Stronach's Close and Burnett's Close; and a coat of arms from it was preserved in Mitchell Hall, Marischal College, in 1911. The site of the building cannot now be established due to re-development.
Visited by OS (JLD) 11 September 1952.
G Sim 1871; R W Cochran-Patrick 1873; C H Dakers 1936; G M Fraser 1911.

The site of this mint lies in a redeveloped part of the city.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 26 February 1997.

Bogdan and Bryce, N and I B D (1991) 'Castles, manors and 'town houses' survey', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 24

Cochran-Patrick, R W (1875b) 'Notes on the Scottish Mints', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.10
Page(s): 225-39

Dakers, C H (1936) 'Die interchanges between Scottish mints', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.70
Page(s): 202-8