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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2455399, member: 40017&quot;]FitzNigel is right that the Merk was derived from the English Mark at 13s 4d however by 1669 inflation in Scotland had galloped away so the buying power of the Scottish Merk was the same as the English Shilling - hence the coins being the same size. The weakness of the Scottish economy was one of the reasons they accepted Union with England in 1704 - something the Scots Nationalists shoul remember when seeking to break away in modern times.</p><p>My Coincraft book was published in 1999 so I am not surprised the price has increased.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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