plack

The story

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromplacke“name of a coin”
2. English todayplack

From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.

First known use, by meaning

• 15th–17th c. A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
• from 15th c. A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.