Pound Scots

<h2 id="list-of-coins-of-the-pound-scots">List of coins of the pound Scots</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Pistole_(Scottish_coin)/CWPlI866">Pistole</a> – Gold, 12 pounds Scots</li>
<li>Dollar – Replacement for the ryal, 60 shillings Scots (James VI)</li>
<li>Ryal – Gold, 1565</li>
<li>Crown or Lion – Gold (<a href="/facts/James_I_of_Scotland/CGCs2zFY">James I</a>)</li>
<li>Half-crown, Demi-Lion or Demys – Gold (James I)</li>
<li>Ducat or "bonnet" – 40 shillings, 1539 (<a href="/facts/James_V_of_Scotland/mHrcPX76">James V</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Merk_(coin)/up0sW61s">Mark or merk</a> – Gold (giving rise to the term <a href="/facts/Markland_(Scots)/UMNymezk">markland</a>)</li>
<li>Noble – Gold, worth half a mark, 1357 (<a href="/facts/David_II_of_Scotland/nn156qp0">David II</a>, reintroduced by <a href="/facts/Robert_III_of_Scotland/HRvs0Azx">Robert III</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Unicorn_(coin)/z5AB4Hrm">Unicorn</a> – Gold, 18 shillings Scots, 1484–85 (<a href="/facts/James_III_of_Scotland/34FfufrG">James III</a>)</li>
<li>Half-unicorn – Gold, 9 shillings Scots (<a href="/facts/James_IV_of_Scotland/gvoSV65m">James IV</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Testoun/G9F5REW3">Testoun</a> – silver, 1553. Was produced in France with the new process of mill and screw, being the first <a href="/facts/Milled_coinage/BhVB0gIT">milled coinage</a> of Scotland.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bawbee/kyMd3jbS">Bawbee</a> – <a href="/facts/Billon_(alloy)/SUywJWLK">Billon</a>, six pence<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> from 1537</li>
<li>Shilling</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Groat_(coin)/64qjRroa">Groat</a> – Silver, equivalent to four pence, from 1357 (giving rise to the term <a href="/facts/Groatland/hR7yDoDt">groatland</a>)</li>
<li>Half-groat – Silver, equivalent to two pence, from 1357</li>
<li>Turner – Billon, two pence (James VI), later copper.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bodle/PtcyrtLj">Bodle</a> – Copper, two pence<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> (<a href="/facts/Charles_II_of_England/Acc7cFtF">Charles II</a>)</li>
<li>Hardhead – also called Lion, billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Penny_Scots/jQ8hne0e">Penny</a> – Billon, one of the earliest coins, dating from David I. Later made of copper, giving rise to the term <a href="/facts/Pennyland/P0lXbAtk">pennyland</a>.</li>
<li>Halfpennies – Initially literally half of a penny, these became minted coins in their own right in c.1280. Later made of copper.</li>
<li>Farthing or quarter-penny – These were originally quarters of pennies, but as with Halfpennies, became coins in their own right in c.1280. Later made of copper.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Plack_(coin)/BA9Yo9v1">Plack</a> – value of four pence Scots or by 1707 one-third of a penny sterling.</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>Money portal</li><li>Numismatics portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Banknotes_of_Scotland/opzg6Ixh">Banknotes of Scotland</a> (modern Sterling banknotes)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Scottish_coinage/dKDekVQo">Scottish coinage</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Penny_Scots/jQ8hne0e">Penny Scots</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Merk_(coin)/up0sW61s">Merk (coin)</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Testoon/G9F5REW3">Testoon</a> (English shilling)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cutty-sark_(witch)/cyEojXF3">Cutty-sark (witch) § <i>Tam o' Shanter</i></a> (Robbie Burns poem)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Meikle, Maureen. "Review of "Prices, Food and Wages in Scotland, 1550–1780". Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 27 (4). North American Conference on British Studies: 724. JSTOR 4052591. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4052591" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/4052591</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Hoblyn, Richard (1879). "Milled Scottish Coins : 1637—1709". The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society. 19. Royal Numismatic Society (subscription required): 113–114. JSTOR 42679414. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Stewart: The Scottish Coinage <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Hoblyn, Richard (1879). "Milled Scottish Coins : 1637—1709". The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society. 19. Royal Numismatic Society (subscription required): 113–114. JSTOR 42679414. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Hoblyn, Richard (1879). "Milled Scottish Coins : 1637—1709". The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society. 19. Royal Numismatic Society (subscription required): 113–114. JSTOR 42679414. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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