plack /plak/ noun2 •(Scotland, Northern-England) A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’ — 1824 •(no longer used) A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries. formsplacks