pound Scots

noun

1. pound ²( def 7 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of pound Scots¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

An independent Scotland may be tempted to go the full hog and create its own currency, possibly resurrecting the Pound Scots that existed before the union.

From Seattle Times

An independent Scotland may be tempted to go the full hog and create its own currency, possibly resurrecting the Pound Scots that existed before the union.

From Seattle Times

“Political union between England and Scotland began with the Union of the Crowns in 1603 which marked the start of a monetary union with the pound Scots pegged to sterling at a rate of twelve to one. The Acts of Union in 1707 brought into effect the Treaty of the Union, where the two parliaments merged into the Parliament of Great Britain, and full monetary harmonisation with sterling replacing the pound Scots to become the legal currency of Great Britain.”

From The Guardian

"I'd gie a pound Scots to ken wha chaps," said Mungo, deaf to every humour.

From Project Gutenberg

The prices given are in Scots currency, the pound Scots being worth about twenty pence sterling:     Maii, 1651   It. to Andro Carnduff for 4 pund of Tobacco £1.

From Project Gutenberg