Jacobuses

Jacobuses
Jacobus Ja*co"bus, n.; pl. {Jacobuses}. [See {Jacobite}.] An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I. [1913 Webster]

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  • Jacobus — Ja*co bus, n.; pl. {Jacobuses}. [See {Jacobite}.] An English gold coin, of the value of twenty five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Jacobus — /jakowbas/ A gold coin an inch and threeeighths in diameter, in value about twenty five shillings, so called from James I., in whose reign it was first coined. It was also called broad, laurel, and broad piece. Its value is sometimes put at… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Jacobus — /jakowbas/ A gold coin an inch and threeeighths in diameter, in value about twenty five shillings, so called from James I., in whose reign it was first coined. It was also called broad, laurel, and broad piece. Its value is sometimes put at… …   Black's law dictionary

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