Jacobus
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A gold coin an inch and thr^ eighths in diameter, in value about twentyfive shillings, so called from James I., in whose reign it was first coined. It was also called broad, laurel, and hroad-piece. Its value is sometimes put at twenty-four shillings, but Macaulay speaks of a salary of eight thousand Jacobuses as equivalent to ten thousand pounds sterling. Hist. Eng. ch. xv. A cut of this coin showing both sides will be found in the Century Dictionary, sub v. broad.