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placknoun
Any of various small coins used in Scotland and the Netherlands during the 15th and 16th centuries, having a value in Scotland of four pennies Scots.
Etymology: From placke, from placke, from placke. Cognate with pleh, bleh. Compare plaque.
Webster Dictionary
Placknoun
a small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth less than a cent
Etymology: [F. plaque a plate of metal. Cf. Plaque.]
Wikidata
Plack
A plack was an ancient Scottish coin of the value of four Scots pennies or by 1707 one third of an English penny. It appears in the old song: The word is probably derived from the ancient Flemish coin, a plaquette, current before the introduction into the Netherlands of the French money reckoned by francs and centimes. It can be found in the works of Robert Burns too:
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Plack
plak, n. a small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, equal in value to the third part of an English penny.—adj. Plack′less, penniless. [O. Fr. plaque, a plate.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PLACK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Plack is ranked #52619 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Plack surname appeared 394 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Plack.
96.1% or 379 total occurrences were White.
1.2% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Plack in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Plack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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