定義

• A gold coin of Scotland, first issued in the reign of David II (1329- 1371), and almost identical in type with the contemporary English coin of the same name. There appear to be no further issues of Nobles until the second coinage of James VI, when one was struck with the date L580, sometimes called the Bareheaded Noble. In the fourth coinage of this monarch occurs the Thistle Noble (q.v.).

  The silver Noble of Scotland is more generally known as the Half Merk. It originally weighed one hundred and five grains and first appeared in the second coinage of James VI, with dates from 1572 to 1580, and a half Noble or quarter Merk was issued at the same time. The last appearance of the Noble in Scottish coinage is in the reign of Charles II, from 1664 to 1675.

資源

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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