Definition

• A cant name in Queen Anne's time for bad shillings or other base silver coin. Ashton, in The Reign of Queen Anne (ii. 225) mentions " The Art of making Black Dogs, which ai*e Shillings or other pieces of Money, made only of Pewter double Wash'd. "

  See also Swift, Drapier's Letters (iii.) ; and Crosby, Early Coins of America . 1875. (p. 203).

Source

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

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