The 1707 Act of Union, amongst other things, unified currency across England and Scotland. But while Scottish currency was officially abolished in that year, it still remained as a concept in many aspects of society.
Thus a will of 1762 found by one of our researches today refers to a bond recorded in "merks", or silver marks, being one of the old Scottish coins. A merk was the equivalent of 13 Scottish shillings, and 4 pence, or in sterling, 13 pence. Although it was not technically in use at this time, land and other items were sometimes valued in merks, although paid in sterling.
