atchison

Etymology

The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.

noun

  1. A former Scottish copper coin, coated with silver, worth four bodles, eight Scots pennies, and two-thirds of an English penny.“There not worth an Atchiſon; nor Twenty ſike.”