Scruple

Scraped small coins. Rare coins, mistakenly passed off as scurpuli, which are still actively traded. In the Middle Ages these were coins with the image of John, as well as a small monk or priest; these days these may include coins depicting monastic buildings. Often scruples have been equated with old Renaissance coins, but as a rule these are later - early modern and modern coins, such as 2 groschen. You can find them in many parts of the world, for example: Dakmars - Belgian coins Dinars - Turkish, Czech, Polish Duplicates - Romanian or Bulgarian Subsequent period: Piastre - Indonesian, Tunisian Planamnes - Cuban Billiards - Philippine These are the most famous examples of scrupules that are created "low", "middle" and "high" class groups. Later scruples are generally known as croupies and are often used as domestic currency.

One scruple (or scruplendumey) would have operated in Britain at different times. This was the main value used by ex-soldiers, hunters and horses, worth about 6 and a half shillings. Snuff boxes made of white matte paper, called Skurpuli, were commonly used in the 16th century, but were not called Kruchen. They were the size of a sterling bar broken in half, that is, about 5 US dollars.