The year 1707 was marked primarily by the formation of the kingdom of Great Britain. This event led to the replacement of the Scottish pound for the British sterling in the cities of Scotland. At that time it was a heavy silver coin, a multiple of 100 pence.
No less interesting changes in the money circulation occurred in Japan. Until 1707, a paper note reigned in the country - Hansatsu. Each individual feudal lord in his “kingdom” could issue his own hansats, set the course favorable to him, and exchange banknotes for silver coins or the goods he liked. But in 1707 thunder struck - the government banned any imitation of paper Hansatsu. They hoped to encourage domestic use of coins issued just before the ban. The government of the shogun thus wanted to deal a crushing blow to counterfeiters and settle cash flows.
Russia at this time is fighting with the Swedish Empire. For military needs, they began to issue coins, which in their characteristics resembled Polish tympas. These were billon or loose coins, which included more ligatures than precious metals. They were minted for the sole purpose of exchanging for provisions and fodder in the territories with the Polish-Lithuanian monetary system.
It should also be mentioned that in 1707, the famous master chaser, Gottfried Gaupt, enters the Kadashevsky Mint of the Russian State in the Fyodor Medyntsev disciples. The latter is credited with the emergence of a new and extremely rare type of ruble in 1707. On the old coin, the date is depicted in the form of Arabic numerals, and the bow in the frame of the king and the distinguishing sign of the carver on the royal sleeve are simply absent.

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