Talk:Jacobus

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There is no such thing as a Jacobus coin. It's just the nickname used for the pound sovereign or UNITE issued by James I from 1604 to 1619. To distinguish it from James's later pound sovereign known as the LAUREL (1619-25), the Jacobus was also known as the SCEPTRE, in Scotland it was usually referred to as "20 merk piece". AHZ 93.212.76.34 (talk) 13:36, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

25 or 20?[edit]

Newton writes of 20 shillings, and so does Merriam-Webster. 25 shillings seems to be a mistake. Maitake (talk) 11:16, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]