Sgarabhaigh

Sgarabhaigh is a micronation created by Dave Hill.

No Mint-marks	3 Mint-marks
4 Mint-marks

Inscription  : SGARABHAIGH . VID . LEAN . BHUR . ASHLIG
               NOBLIS . EST . IRA . LEONIS - LUCEO . NO . URO - AVANCEZ
Denomination : VI D = 6 pence
Diameter     : 25.9 mm
Material     : .999 Silver
Mint         : W Downing & Sons - Birmingham
Mintage      : 500 *)
Year         : 2005

LEAN BHUR ASHLIG : Motto of the Friends of Sgarabhaigh in Gaelic meaning "Follow your dreams".
NOBLIS EST IRA LEONIS : The Stuarts motto meaning "The wrath of the lion is honorable".
LUCEO NO URO : The MacKenzie motto meaning "I shine but not burn".
AVANCEZ : The Hill motto meaning "Advance".

This coin is hallmarked by the Birmingham Assay Office. The hallmark consist of :
FS : Sponsor Mark of the Friends of Sgarabhaigh.
Anchor : Assay Office Mark of the Birmingham Assay Office.
999 : Standard Mark for .999 fine silver.
Britannia : The traditional UK symbol for silver.

*)
The coins are made in batches of 100 coins:
The first 100 coins from september 2005 are without a hallmark.
Then 300 coins were made with a hallmark consisting of 4 marks. Mintage nr. 3 is from october 2007.
After these 400 coins the Assay Office trebled the cost of hallmarking because of the Britannia mark, so the next 100 coins, mintage nr. 5, were made with 3 marks in januari 2009.