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rose noble ExamplesWord Origin 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, especially in the Netherlands.
Origin of rose noble late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75 Also called ryal. Examples from the Web for rose noble Historical Examples of rose noble
Ryal, rī′al, n. an old English gold coin worth about ten shillings, called a Rose-noble.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)
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As Count Moeurs observed, he would rather see one English rose-noble than a hundred royal promises.
History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete
John Lothrop Motley