A kind of foreign money, decried as base under Edward I.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] > specific (14) crockard1300 A kind of foreign money, decried as base under Edward I. lushburg1346 A base coin made in imitation of the sterling or silver penny and imported from Luxemburg in the reign of Edward III. Also Lussheborue sterling. pollarda1387 A coin made in imitation of the English silver penny of Edward I (1272–1307) by European mints, mostly in the Low Countries, the bust on the… rosarya1387 historical. A coin made in imitation of the English silver penny of Edward I (1272–1307) by European mints, mostly in the Low Countries, the bust… eagle1577 historical. A coin, bearing a representation of an eagle, made in imitation of the English silver penny of Edward I (1272–1307) by European mints… Leonine1577 A counterfeit coin, of the reign of Edward I, brought into England from abroad. morgan1659 A counterfeit 20-shilling coin in circulation in the mid 17th cent. rap1724 A counterfeit coin, inherently worth virtually nothing, but used as currency in Ireland in the 18th cent. at the value of an English halfpenny or… mitre1749 historical. A base silver penny of northern European (possibly French) origin with a bishop's mitre as part of the design, imported for use as… Paduan1770 Numismatics. A bronze or silver counterfeit coin, forged in 16th-cent. Padua in imitation of an ancient Roman coin. Bungtown copper or cent1787 Bungtown copperor cent, a counterfeit English halfpenny or other spurious copper coin. Also elliptical. rap halfpenny1787 attributive. Designating a counterfeit or debased coin of little value, as rap farthing, rap halfpenny. Also figurative and in extended use (cf… stampee1795 A counterfeit coin formerly circulated in the West Indies. Jack1851 slang. A counter (counter, n.3 1b) made to resemble a sovereign. Cf. half-jack, n.1 2. Obsolete. |
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