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Arbroath
Mint (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Arbroath
Classification Mint (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Canmore ID 35541
Site Number NO64SW 13
NGR NO 64 41
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35541
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO64SW 13 64 41.
It would appear that at some remote period the town (Arbroath) was known by the name of Abrinca, and that it had possessed a mint, at which coins bearing the name of Abrinca were struck but which are now very rare.
G Cumming 1843
