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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jacobus, n. [e.m.E. (1612).] The English gold coin, first issued under James VI and I. —c1680 W. Row Blair 349.
Edinburgh … sent a considerable sum of gold to the King, old pieces called jacobus's 1696 Edinb. Test. LXXX. 202.
In his pokit when he died twa jacobuses of gold worth xxvj shillings sterling the peice 1696 Foulis Acc. Bk. 189.
A jacobus of my dear wifes gold, £16, 4, 0
