Nosf-Wokye Pubblico Deposited
The name formerly given to the Spanish Dollar or Piastre at Nubia, Kordofan, etc. The money of account is based on the ounce of gold which was valued at sixteen Spanish Dollars, called Puma or Wokye. Half that amount was Nosf-Wokye, and the quarter, or four Dollars, was known as a Miscal (q.v.). The names were retained in accounts, although the actual value of an ounce of gold frequently exceeded sixteen Piastres. See Noback (p.761).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)