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==List of coins of the pound Scots== * [[Pistole (Scottish coin)|Pistole]] β Gold, 12 pounds Scots * Dollar β Replacement for the ryal, 60 shillings Scots (James VI) * Ryal β Gold, 1565 * Crown or Lion β Gold ([[James I of Scotland|James I]]) * Half-crown, Demi-Lion or Demys β Gold (James I) * Ducat or "bonnet" β 40 shillings, 1539 ([[James V of Scotland|James V]]) * [[Merk (coin)|Mark or merk]] β Gold (giving rise to the term [[markland (Scots)|markland]]) * Noble β Gold, worth half a mark, 1357 ([[David II of Scotland|David II]], reintroduced by [[Robert III of Scotland|Robert III]]) * [[Unicorn (coin)|Unicorn]] β Gold, 18 shillings Scots, 1484β85 ([[James III of Scotland|James III]]) * Half-unicorn β Gold, 9 shillings Scots ([[James IV of Scotland|James IV]]) * [[Testoun]] β silver, 1553. Was produced in France with the new process of mill and screw, being the first [[milled coinage]] of Scotland.<ref name= Steward>Stewart: ''The Scottish Coinage''</ref> * [[Bawbee]] β [[Billon (alloy)|Billon]], six pence<ref name="RH79"/> from 1537 * Shilling * [[Groat (coin)|Groat]] β Silver, equivalent to four pence, from 1357 (giving rise to the term [[groatland]]) * Half-groat β Silver, equivalent to two pence, from 1357 * Turner β Billon, two pence (James VI), later copper. * [[Bodle]] β Copper, two pence<ref name="RH79"/> ([[Charles II of England|Charles II]]) * [[Hardhead (coin)|Hardhead]] β also called Lion, billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI * [[Penny Scots|Penny]] β Billon, one of the earliest coins, dating from David I. Later made of copper, giving rise to the term [[pennyland]]. * Halfpennies β Initially literally half of a penny, these became minted coins in their own right in c.1280. Later made of copper. * Farthing or quarter-penny β These were originally quarters of pennies, but as with Halfpennies, became coins in their own right in c.1280. Later made of copper. * [[Plack (coin)|Plack]] β value of four pence Scots or by 1707 one-third of a penny sterling.
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