Glasgow, High Street
Coin Hoard
Site Name Glasgow, High Street
Classification Coin Hoard
Canmore ID 44089
Site Number NS56NE 28
NGR NS 5994 6529
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44089
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 28 5994 6529.
(NS 5994 6529) 16th Century Gold Coins found AD 1902 (NAT)
OS 25" map, (1966)
A small hoard of eighteen or nineteen gold coins was found on 18th October 1902 by workmen preparing the ground for a new building which is being erected at the corner of High Street and Duke Street, for the Glasgow Improvement Trust. The coins recovered by the Exchequer were five Scots coins, of James III, IV, and Mary (these are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotand [NMAS]) and eight foreign coins, dating between 1515 and 1557.
G Macdonald 1903.
NS 5994 6529. At the N corner of High Street and Duke Street, an inscription on the front face of the building reads that it was erected by the Glasgow Improvement Trust.
Visited by OS (W M J) 5 September 1951.