Benbecula金屬偵探主義者唐納德·麥克菲（Donald MacPhee）可以說是他最大的發現 - 超稀有的蘇格蘭瑪麗皇后硬幣。

唐納德（Donald）揭示了他的最新發現：“在努頓（Nunton）找到這枚硬幣絕對令人震驚。”

Benbecula metal detectorist Donald MacPhee has arguably made his greatest find yet—an ultra-rare Mary Queen of Scots coin.

Benbecula金屬偵探主義者唐納德·麥克菲（Donald Macphee）可以說是他最大的發現 - 超稀有的蘇格蘭瑪麗皇后硬幣。

Revealing his latest discovery, Donald said: “To find this coin in Nunton is absolutely mind-blowing.”

唐納德（Donald）揭示了他的最新發現：“在努頓（Nunton）找到這枚硬幣絕對令人震驚。”

The version of the coin he detected dates back to 1559 and was minted in Edinburgh for just 12 months. It was the year after Mary, Queen of Scots, married Francis, Dauphin of France, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 24, 1558.

他發現的硬幣的版本可以追溯到1559年，並在愛丁堡鑄造了僅12個月。蘇格蘭女王瑪麗（Mary）於1558年4月24日在巴黎的巴黎圣母院大教堂（Notre-Dame Cathedral）與蘇格蘭女王瑪麗（Mary）結婚。

The marriage of Mary, who was 16, and her husband, who was 14, was part of the Auld Alliance, a political alliance between Scotland and France that dated back to 1295. Mary became Queen Consort of France when Francis ascended the throne as Francis II in 1559.

瑪麗的婚姻16歲，她的丈夫14歲，是奧爾德聯盟的一部分，蘇格蘭和法國之間的政治聯盟可以追溯到1295年。瑪麗在1559年弗朗西斯（Francis）作為弗朗西斯二世（Francis II）登上了法國女王。

However, the marriage was short-lived, as Francis died of an ear infection in 1560.

然而，婚姻是短暫的，因為弗朗西斯於1560年因耳朵感染去世。

The coin that turned up in Nunton bears the monogram FM France, Mary, and the Dauphin’s dolphin emblem. The reverse side has a lion rampant.

出現在Nunton的硬幣帶有法國會標FM，Mary和Dauphin的海豚標誌。背面的獅子猖ramp。

Known as a billon lion or hardhead, the coin is just 14 mm in diameter. These coins earned this name because they were made of billon, an alloy of silver and base metals. Hardhead was more a nickname for the currency, which was valued at one and a half pence Scots.

該硬幣被稱為Billon Lion或Hardhead，直徑僅為14毫米。這些硬幣之所以獲得這個名稱，是因為它們是由銀金屬和鹼金屬合金製成的。 Hardhead的綽號是該貨幣的綽號，該貨幣的價值為一半蘇格蘭人。

Donald, who is the owner of Nunton House Hostel, has made numerous intriguing discoveries, including a rare privately minted copper coin, a George 5th ha’penny, a George 6th penny, and a copper ring.

唐納德（Nunton House Hostel）的所有者唐納德（Donald）做出了許多有趣的發現，其中包括罕見的私人銅幣，喬治（George）5th ha'penny，喬治（George）的第6便士和銅環。

He has also found a late 17th-century coin on Nunton Beach. The coin, a ‘bawbee,’ is believed to date back to the reign of King Charles ll and was probably minted between 1677 and 1679.

他還在Nunton Beach找到了17世紀後期的硬幣。據信，硬幣“ Bawbee”可以追溯到Charles LL國王的統治時期，並可能在1677年至1679年之間被鑄造。

The likely dating of the coin puts it at least 70 years before Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Charles II’s great-nephew, was in the Western Isles while fleeing the aftermath of the 1746 defeat at the battle of Culloden.

在查爾斯二世（Charles II）的侄子查爾斯·愛德華·斯圖爾特（Charles Edward Stuart）王子在西部群島（Charles of Culloden）戰役中，查爾斯二世（Charles II）的大侄子查爾斯·史圖爾特（Charles Edward Stuart）可能的約會至少是70年。

Nunton House Hostel was once the residence of the MacDonalds of Clan Ranald and played a significant role in the Prince’s escape over the sea to Skye with Flora Macdonald the following year.

Nunton House Hostel曾經是蘭納德氏族麥克唐納（MacDonalds）的住所，並在次年與弗洛拉·麥克唐納（Flora MacDonald）的王子逃離海洋中發揮了重要作用。