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In the 17th century Scots currency was pegged to sterling at a value of £12 Scots = £1 sterling. [59] In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland merged into the Kingdom of Great Britain. In accordance with the Treaty of Union, the currency of Great Britain was sterling, with the pound Scots soon being replaced by sterling at the pegged value.
Regatul Scoției. Regatul Scoției ( gaelică scoțiană Rìoghachd na h-Alba, scots Kinrick o Scotland, engleză Kingdom of Scotland) a fost un stat localizat în Europa de Vest care a existat între 843 și 1707. Ocupa treimea de nord a insulei Marea Britanie și avea o frontieră terestră cu Regatul Angliei.
The Russian pound ( Фунт, funt) is an obsolete Russian unit of measurement of mass. It is equal to 409.51718 g (14.445293 oz). [50] In 1899, the funt was the basic unit of weight, and all other units of weight were formed from it; in particular, a zolotnik was of a funt, and a pood was 40 fúnty .
Scots Wikipaedia. The Scots Wikipaedia is the Scots leid version o Wikipaedia, an is run bi the Wikimedie Foondation. It wis furthsett on 23 Juin 2005, an first raxed 1,000 airticles in Februar 2006, an 5,000 airticles in November 2010. Syne Mey 2024, it haes aboot 34,885 airticles. [1]
Brewer's Dictionary lists "Jenny's Bawbee" as meaning a "marriage portion".. After 1707 the Pound Scots was phased out. England and Scotland then shared what had been the English coinage, and in Scotland the term "bawbee" took on the meaning of a halfpenny, as can be seen in the poem Lament for Ancient Edinburgh by James Ballantine published in 1856 (see Luckenbooths article).
However, in Scots documents in the period 1500 to 1750 you are likely to come up against some variations. Firstly, the last i digit will invariably be rendered a j, for example: ij = 2, vj = 6, xiij = 13. Secondly, numbers like 4 (iv) and 9 (ix) are just as likely to be rendered iiij and viiij. So: xiiij = 14, and viiij = 9.
The Highlands ( Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. 'the place of the Gaels ') is a historical region of Scotland. [1] [failed verification] Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish ...
