Posted 01/13/2008 6:37 pm
The Latin phrase translates to "no-one treats me with impunity". Your translation is roughly correct. 
The coin isn't "from Scotland"; Scotland hasn't had it's own coinage since the early 1700's when it was formally united with England. It's from Britain, though it does have a Scottish theme. Since their inception in 1983, British £1 coins have been issued in a 5 year cycle with designs related to the four "nations" that comprise Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; the fifth year has a "British" design.
These £1 coins are legal tender throughout Britain, whatever the nation depicted on the reverse happens to be.
So these are no more "Scottish coins" than, say, a Georgia State Quarter is considered a "Georgian coin".
The coin isn't "from Scotland"; Scotland hasn't had it's own coinage since the early 1700's when it was formally united with England. It's from Britain, though it does have a Scottish theme. Since their inception in 1983, British £1 coins have been issued in a 5 year cycle with designs related to the four "nations" that comprise Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; the fifth year has a "British" design.
These £1 coins are legal tender throughout Britain, whatever the nation depicted on the reverse happens to be.
So these are no more "Scottish coins" than, say, a Georgia State Quarter is considered a "Georgian coin".
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
