An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913).
The standard gold coin of medieval England, showing the king in a ship. Its face value was originally 6s 8d (33.33p)-one-third of £1 The noble was struck in large quantities from 1350. In 1464 it was redesigned as a rose noble, or ryal and revalued at 10s (50p). The coin remained in circulation throughout the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Principal gold coin of English currency, worth 6s 8d. (Seward, Desmond. Henry V: The Scourge of God, 223)
gold coin usually worth 6s-8d. With a ship shown on one side it was intended for foreign trade.
A metal or alloy which in nature occurs commonly in the free state. Also refers to the electrochemical state of metals whose corrosion products are formed with a low negative or a positive free energy.
A state in which a metal tends not to corrode; referring to the positive direction of electrode potential (opposite of active).
modern platinum bullion coin issued by the Isle of Man since 1983.
inert especially toward oxygen; "a noble gas such as helium or neon"; "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"
Noble is a term used in dentistry to describe a precious metal used to make crowns (caps). The most common noble metal used is gold.
of the King or, in other words, which comes under the sovereignty of the state
in reference to metal, inert; opposite of active.
Notation for a metal which is less or more prone to corrosion when in contact with another. More noble metals are less likely to corrode.
The positive direction of electrode potential. thus resembling noble metals such as gold and platinum.
In reference to metal, inert or inactive.
Chemically unreactive, especially toward oxygen or resists chemical action such as corrosion caused by air, water, or (to a lesser degree) acids.
The Noble was the first English gold coin produced in quantity, having been preceded by the Twenty pence coin and the Florin earlier in the reigns of King Henry III and King Edward III, which saw little circulation.
The Isle of Man, a British protectorate, mints the Noble, a platinum bullion coin. Nobles are legal tender, but do not have a value associated with any currency (like the gold Krugerrand does).