Posted by Adam Quinan on June 24, 2009 at 18:38:45 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Absent posters (Trivia) posted by Robert Hill on June 24, 2009 at 16:36:39:
6/8d is exactly 1/3rd of a pound and there used to be a coin worth that called a noble. It was later changed in value and replacced by a different coin also worth 80d which was called an angel.
Presumably it was considered to be a nice round number in those days.