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Meaning of SPUR-ROYAL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spur"-roy`al\, n.
A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a
star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the
reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen
shillings. [Written also {spur-rial}, and {spur-ryal}.]
 
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