spur-royal

noun

A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.

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Meanings

nounspur-royal (plural spur-royals)

plural spur-royals · alternative spur-rial · alternative spur-ryal

  1. historicalA former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.
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