Mark

Modern equivalent

13 shillings 4 pence ≈ £0.67 (modern)

A medieval unit of account representing exactly two-thirds of a pound sterling.

While rarely minted as a physical circulating coin in England, the mark was heavily used as a standard accounting weight and unit of account for large fines, ransoms, and dowries.

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