Scheepsnobel Público Deposited
The Dutch name for the Noble (q.v.), so called on account of the prominent ship on the obverse. It was extensively copied in Brabant, etc.
The half of the same type was known as the Schuitken or Schuytken, this word meaning a small ship. There are dated specimens as early as 14SS, issued by Maximilian during the minority of Philip the Good. See Frey (No. 295).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)