spur-royal

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Noun

spur-royal (plural spur-royals)

  1. (historical) 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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