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Former british gold coin ...

ipkiss | 18:02 Sun 19th Sep 2004 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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What is a former British gold coin with the value of a third of a pound called?

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SteveD

Are you sure it was one third of a pound? I have never heard of this.

bernardo

The angel was a mediaeval gold coin in use from c. 1465 to 1642. It was usually worth 6 shillings but its face-value fluctuated and was sometimes worth 6s8d (i.e. a third of a pound).

bernardo

Also, a third-guinea worth 7s was in use 1797 to 1813.

bernardo

Also also, a noble which was worth 6s8d and was in use 1344 to 1526. At one stage the angel was upgraded to 7s4d to avoid being the same value.

bernardo

NOBLE

English coin introduced by Edward III in 1344 as a successor to the short-lived florin[1] or double-leopard[2] which had been over-valued in relation to its weight. The noble was tariffed at 80 pence, half a mark[3] or a third of a pound. Half- and quarter-nobles were also minted. The obverse depicted the King standing in a ship, allegedly a reference to the naval victory of the English over the French at Sluys. The last nobles appeared in the reign of Henry VIII (1526), when a new coin, the george noble (with reverse of St George and the Dragon), was briefly introduced as part of a plan to revalue the gold coinage. This coin, worth 6s 8d[4], took the place of the angel which was then increased in value from 6s 8d to 7s 4d[5].

Source: "Key Definitions in Numismatics" by James MacKay, Frederick Mueller Limited, London, 1982, page 91.

Reason: I collected coins when I was a teenager.

Explanations for non-coin-collectors:
1. The florin was originally 6 shillings (from 1344) and did not become 2 shillings in the modern sense until the name was revived in 1849.
2. Leopard = 3 shillings, also introduced in 1344.
4. Mark - originally 8 ounces (half a pound) in the Carolingian Empire
5. For anyone who doesn't know, there were 12 pence in 1 shilling (12d in 1s) and 20 shillings in 1 pound. So 6s 8d was a third of a pound.

bernardo

Oops - I got muddled up with references 3 and 4, but hopefully you got the gist of it.

ipkiss

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Thanks for your answers. Noble was the answer I was looking for.

ChardCoins

That sounded like a crossword clue to me, but all the information you could need about a gold angel or other British coin denominations can be found at:- http://www.24carat.co.uk/denominations.html

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