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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An English gold coin issued by James I., and worth 15s. or 16s. 6d. (about $3.63 or $3.99). It was so named from the resemblance of the sun on its reverse to the rowel of a spur.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A former
gold coin , first made in thereign of Edward IV, having astar on thereverse resembling therowel of aspur .
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hernesheir commented on the word spur-royal
One for the coin and currency listers.
January 30, 2013