rose noble
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[edit]Noun
[edit]rose noble (plural rose nobles)
- (historical) An ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III.
- 1828–1831, Walter Scott, Tales of a Grandfather; being Stories Taken from Scottish History. […] , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] ; Dublin: John Cumming:
- He opened the discussion, by telling the council a parable of a rich merchant, who would needs go to play at dice with a common hazarder, or sharper, and stake a rose-noble of gold against a crooked halfpenny