Definition

• This word is probably a corrup- tion of Genoese, and it was applied to a coin of very inferior metal brought to Eng- land by traders from Genoa.

  Spenser, Faerie Queene (iii. 7. 58), says: " Because I would not give her many a Jane. "

Quelle

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

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