 | William III - 1695 - 1701
The coinage of William III is quite complex and many variations were created compounded by a plethora of errors in the minting process. The result of all this means that some coins can reach very high prices compared to coins that to the untrained eye look identical. An interesting feature of these coins are the provenance marks; Plumes on the reverse or below the head indicate that the silver used was from Welsh mines and Roses indicate silver from mines in the west of England was used.
During the reign of William III engineer Thomas Savery invented the steam water pump (1696), Jethro Tull developed a mechanical seed drill ( 1701).
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