Definition

• The popular name for the Zecchino in some of the West Indian Islands where it was introduced in the latter part of the seventeenth century. See Chalmers (p. 397).

  Wavell Smith, the Secretary of the Lee- ward Islands, in a pamphlet entitled Two Letters to Mr. Wood , 1740, states that these coins were " clipt of five grains of their weight " and adds the following note:

  " When I first discovered the introduc- tion of these Barbary ducats in my office at St. Kitt's, I soon put a stop to their currency by refusing them in my office ; and afterwards talking with some gentle- men, they were desirous to give them a common name. Upon which I reply 'd:-- 'Christen them as sons after their fathers' name : so let them be called Toby 's and Jerry's,' for they were introduced by a rich man at Nevis, Tobias Wall, and Jere- miah Brown, another very rich man at St. Christopher. "

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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