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rose noble

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rose noble

–noun
a former gold coin of England, first issued by Edward IV, being the existing noble with a figure of a rose added to the types on either side: much imitated on the Continent, esp. in the Netherlands.
Also called ryal.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME
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