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The '''pound''' ([[Scots language|Modern]] and [[Middle Scots]]: ''Pund'') was the currency of [[Scotland]] prior to the 1707 [[Treaty of Union]] between the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and the [[Kingdom of England]], which created the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. It was introduced by [[David I of Scotland|David I]], in the [[12th century]], on the [[£sd|Carolingian monetary system]] of a [[Pound (currency)|pound]] divided into 20 [[shilling]]s, each of 12 [[penny|pence]]. The Scottish currency was later [[devaluation|devalued]] relative to [[Pound sterling|sterling]] by [[debasement]] of its coinage.((citation needed|date=August 2022)) By the time of [[James III of Scotland|James III]], one pound Scots was valued at five shillings sterling.((citation needed|date=August 2022))

Silver coins were issued denominated in [[merk (coin)|merk]], worth 13s.4d. Scots (two-thirds of a pound Scots). When [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]] became King James I of England in 1603, the coinage was reformed to closely match [[Coins of the pound sterling|sterling coin]], with £12 Scots equal to £1&nbsp;sterling.<ref>((cite journal|last=Meikle|first=Maureen|title=Review of "Prices, Food and Wages in Scotland, 1550–1780|journal=Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies|publisher=North American Conference on British Studies |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4052591 |url-access=subscription |volume=27|issue=4|page=724|jstor=4052591))</ref> No gold coinage was issued from 1638 to 1700, but new silver coinage was issued from 1664 to 1707.<ref name="RH79">((cite journal|last=Hoblyn|first=Richard|title=Milled Scottish Coins : 1637—1709|year=1879|journal=The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society|publisher=Royal Numismatic Society ((Subscription required))|volume=19|pages=113–114|jstor=42679414))</ref>

With the [[Acts of Union 1707]], the pound Scots was replaced by sterling coin at the rate of 12:1 (£1 Scots = twenty [[Penny (English coin)|pence]]   sterling), although the pound Scots continued to be used in Scotland as a [[unit of account]] for most of the [[18th century]].

Today there is no distinct Scots currency; but [[Scotland]]'s three largest [[Clearing (finance)|clearing]] banks (the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]], the [[Bank of Scotland]] and the [[Clydesdale Bank]]) issue banknotes denominated in sterling. These notes may be accepted as payment throughout the United Kingdom, but are much more commonly seen in Scotland; their value is backed by non-circulating large denomination notes issued by the [[Bank of England]] (the "[[Bank of England £1,000,000 note|giants]]" and "[[Bank of England £100,000,000 note|titans]]").

==List of coins of the pound Scots==
* [[Pistole (Scottish coin)|Pistole]]&nbsp;– Gold, 12 pounds Scots
* Dollar&nbsp;– Replacement for the ryal, 60 shillings Scots (James VI)
* Ryal&nbsp;– Gold, 1565
* Crown or Lion&nbsp;– Gold ([[James I of Scotland|James I]])
* Half-crown, Demi-Lion or Demys&nbsp;– Gold (James I)
* Ducat or "bonnet"&nbsp;– 40 shillings, 1539 ([[James V of Scotland|James V]])
* [[Merk (coin)|Mark or merk]]&nbsp;– Gold (giving rise to the term [[markland (Scots)|markland]])
* Noble&nbsp;– Gold, worth half a mark, 1357 ([[David II of Scotland|David II]], reintroduced by [[Robert III of Scotland|Robert III]])
* [[Unicorn (coin)|Unicorn]]&nbsp;– Gold, 18 shillings Scots, 1484–85 ([[James III of Scotland|James III]])
* Half-unicorn&nbsp;– Gold, 9 shillings Scots ([[James IV of Scotland|James IV]])
* [[Testoun]]&nbsp;– 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]]&nbsp;– [[Billon (alloy)|Billon]], six pence<ref name="RH79"/> from 1537
* Shilling
* [[Groat (coin)|Groat]]&nbsp;– Silver, equivalent to four pence, from 1357 (giving rise to the term [[groatland]])
* Half-groat&nbsp;– Silver, equivalent to two pence, from 1357
* Turner&nbsp;– Billon, two pence (James VI), later copper.
* [[Bodle]]&nbsp;– Copper, two pence<ref name="RH79"/> ([[Charles II of England|Charles II]])
* [[Hardhead (coin)|Hardhead]]&nbsp;– also called Lion, billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI
* [[Penny Scots|Penny]]&nbsp;– Billon, one of the earliest coins, dating from David I. Later made of copper, giving rise to the term [[pennyland]].
* Halfpennies&nbsp;– 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&nbsp;– 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]] – value of four pence Scots or by 1707 one-third of a penny sterling.

==See also==
((Portal|Money|Numismatics))
*[[Banknotes of Scotland]] (modern Sterling banknotes)
*[[Scottish coinage]]
**[[Penny Scots]]
**[[Merk (coin)]]

*[[Testoon]] (English shilling)
*((slink|Cutty-sark (witch)#''Tam o' Shanter'')) (Robbie Burns poem)

==References==
((Reflist))
((Pound (currency)))
((Scotland topics))

[[Category:Currencies of Scotland]]
[[Category:Economic history of Scotland]]
[[Category:Coins of Scotland]]
[[Category:12th-century establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:1707 disestablishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Medieval currencies]]

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