Talk:Scottish coinage

"The term “Sterling” originates not in England, but with the city of Stirling"?

Not sure about that! The Sterling article has what would appear to be a more plausible etymology:

"The word sterling is from the Old French esterlin transformed in stiere in Old English (strong, firm, immovable)."

--Mais oui! 05:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Better Explanation

I have never heard this explanation or the French explanation. Other dubious etymologies include the use of a star, or starling on early coins. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_silver for a better explanation, that of the "Easterling" Also, see A New History of the Royal Mint (Hardcover) by C. E. Challis (Editor) for a more authoritative treatment.

Billion?

Could somebody please explain what the word "billion" means in the context of coinage? Is it supposed to be "bullion"? Cbdorsett 13:45, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Billon is a heavily debased silver coin - text should read billon. It can be so debased as to appear copper. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.39.195.211 (talk) 18:08, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Billon, used for silver alloy w. less than 50% of precious metal --Carlo Morino aka zi' Carlo 08:31, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Perth mint

The mint of Perth wasn't in use at David I time by any of the books used as references.

First coins of this mint where produced at time of William the Lion. The moneyer was a guy named Folpolt. This is an image of a coin

references:

Steward p. 11 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlomorino (talk • contribs) 13:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Norway or Scotland?

Anyone care to explain what the text "It is possible that the Norse also introduced some form of coinage, and coins from as far away as Byzantium and the Arabic countries have been found in sites in Scandinavia, including Norway which has strong links with Scotland in the early Middle Ages." is trying to say in this article? It seems to be speculative text about somewhere other than Scotland. AllyD (talk) 18:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Notes section

Links within Notes 5 & 6 no longer redirect to the correct page. I'm unsure how to update the article as these are references. Jame5 07961 (talk) 23:49, 26 January 2022 (UTC)