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2. Noble (English coin) - Wikipedia

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   Pre-treaty period, series E, London mint. The noble was the first English gold coin produced in quantity, introduced during the second coinage (1344–1346) of King Edward III. It was preceded by the gold penny and the florin, minted during the reign of King Henry III and the beginning of the reign of King Edward III; these saw little circulation.

3. Bank of England 10 shilling note - Wikipedia

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   12 October 1961. The Bank of England 10 shilling note (notation: 10/–), colloquially known as the 10 bob note, was a sterling banknote. Ten shillings in £sd (written 10s or 10/–) was half of one pound. The ten-shilling note was the smallest denomination note ever issued by the Bank of England. The note was issued by the Bank of England for ...

4. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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   Between 1987 and 2012 a series of bullion coins, the Britannia, was issued, containing 1 troy ounce (31.1 g), 1 ⁄ 2 ounce, 1 ⁄ 4 ounce and 1 ⁄ 10 ounce of fine gold at a millesimal fineness of 916 (22 carat) and with face values of £100, £50, £25, and £10.

5. Schilling (coin) - Wikipedia

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   Schilling (coin) Reverse of a Hamburg 4 schilling currency coin (Courantmünze), 1728. The schilling was the name of a coin in various historical European states and which gave its name to the English shilling. The schilling was a former currency in many of the German-speaking states of the Holy Roman Empire, including the Hanseatic city states ...

6. Ten shilling coin - Wikipedia

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   Ten shillings was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄2 of an Irish pound, making this the highest-value coin in the pre-decimal system. The coin was 83.1/3% silver and 16.2/3% copper. It measured 1.2 inches (30 mm) in diameter and weighed 18.144 grams, therefore containing 0.4871 troy ounces (15.15 g) of silver.

7. Guinea (coin) - Wikipedia

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   Guinea (coin) Five-guinea coin, James II, Great Britain, 1688. The guinea (/ ˈɡɪniː /; commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) [1] was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. [2] The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where much of the gold ...