Meaning of "spade guinea" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SPADE GUINEA

spade guinea

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPADE GUINEA

Spade guinea is a noun.

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WHAT DOES SPADE GUINEA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Guinea (British coin)

The guinea is a coin that was minted in the Kingdom of England and later in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom between 1663 and 1814. It was the first English machine-struck gold coin, originally worth one pound sterling, equal to twenty shillings; but rises in the price of gold relative to silver caused the value of the guinea to increase, at times to as high as thirty shillings; from 1717 until 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings. Following that, Great Britain adopted the gold standard and guinea became a colloquial or specialised term. The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, where much of the gold used to make the coins originated. Although no longer circulated, the term guinea survives in some circles, notably horse racing, and in the sale of rams, to mean an amount of one pound and one shilling or one pound and five pence in decimalised currency. The name also forms the basis for the Arabic word for the Egyptian pound الجنيه el-Genēh / el-Geni, as a sum of 100 Qirsh was worth approximately 21 shillings at the end of the 19th century.

Definition of spade guinea in the English dictionary

The definition of spade guinea in the dictionary is a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III.

TRANSLATION OF SPADE GUINEA

Find out the translation of spade guinea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of spade guinea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spade guinea» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 铲几内亚
• Translator English - Spanish: pala de indias
• English: spade guinea
• Translator English - Hindi: कुदाल गिनी
• Translator English - Arabic: الأشياء بأسمائها الحقيقية غينيا
• Translator English - Russian: лопата Гвинея
• Translator English - Portuguese: pá Guiné
• Translator English - Bengali: কোদাল
• Translator English - French: bêche Guinée
• Translator English - Malay: Sekop
• Translator English - German: Spaten Guinea
• Translator English - Japanese: スペードモルモット
• Translator English - Korean: 스페이드 기니
• Translator English - Javanese: Spade
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thuổng guinea
• Translator English - Tamil: மண்வெட்டி
• Translator English - Marathi: कुदळ
• Translator English - Turkish: kürek
• Translator English - Italian: spade guinea
• Translator English - Polish: łopata świnka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: лопата Гвінея
• Translator English - Romanian: cazma Guineea
• Translator English - Greek: φτυάρι χοιρίδια
• Translator English - Afrikaans: graaf Guinee
• Translator English - Swedish: spade guinea
• Translator English - Norwegian: spade guinea

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPADE GUINEA»

Discover the use of spade guinea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spade guinea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

NYINC Signature Auction

Fifth bust. ICG-graded AU55. Pleasing. Estimate: $500-$600 13610 George III Spade guinea 1798. S-3729. Fifth bust. Choice Uncirculated, lovely luster. Once in a while, a very choice and fully Mint State Spade guinea is seen on the market.

Ivy Press, Warren Tucker, Scott Cordry, James L. Halperin (editor), 2005

Heritage World Coin Auction Long Beach, California #3005

Spade Guinea type with a wonderful portrait. Estimate: $400-$500 Starting Bid: $350. 21145 George III gold Spade Guinea 1788, KM609, About XF, strong portrait and a popular type. Estimate: $400-$450 Starting Bid: $200. 21 146 George III ...

Heritage Auctions, Inc.

HWCA Heritage Auctions World Coin Long Beach, CA Auction ...

21077 George III gold Guinea 1798, S-3729, KM609, MS63 NGC, a superb example of the "Spade Guinea" type, fifth bust with spade shield reverse, about as exceptional as one can find. Estimate: $1,000-$1,250 Starting Bid: $500.

Heritage Numismatic Auction, Inc., Warren Tucker, 2009

Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Auction ...

Est. 400-450 13478 George III Gold Spade Guinea 1791, Bust right/Crowned spade shaped shield, Fr-356, S-3729, KM609, lightly cleaned VF with light obverse scratches. Est. 300-350 13479 George III Gold Spade Guinea 1795, Bust  ...

Ivy Press, Warren Tucker, Scott Cordry, James L. Halperin (editor), 2005

Heritage World Coin Auctions New York Auction Catalog #363

Spade Guinea 1794. 5th Laureate Head. S-3729. MS64 PCGS: Superb Choice Brilliant Uncirculated with gorgeous satiny surfaces, and a particularly beautiful obverse. Rare date in this series, too. In the cataloguer's opinion, the Spade ...

Ivy Press, Warren Tucker, Jeffery Zarit, James L. Halperin (Editor), 2004

Notes and Queries

Does any reader of " N. & Q." know any other Norman font similarly ornamented ? Robert Askwith Taylor, M.A. Norton Malreward. Numismatic Query : thb " Spade" Guinea. — In what year was the "spade" guinea first coined ? Ruding engraves ...

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HWCA Long Beach Signature Auction

Est. 350-450 13655 George III Gold Spade Guinea 1787, S-3729, KM609, VF30 ANACS. Est. 150-175 13656 George III Gold Spade Guinea 1795, S-3729, KM609, MS63 NGC. Fully brilliant and well stnick. Est. 800-1,000 . \. 13657 George III ...

Ivy Press, Warren Tucker, Scott Cordry and James L. Halperin (Editor), 2004

The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers ...

... “Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island” 15:21) spade-guinea [spayeede gui'ea/guinee'er] gold English coin worth twenty-one shillings issued between 1787 and 1799, known as a “spade-guinea” for the spade-like shape of the shield ...

George Choundas, 2010

A Miscellany of Men

I am not altogether idle myself; but the fact remains that the power is in the thin slip of metal we call the Spade Guinea, not in the strong square and curveof metal which wecall the Spade. And then I suddenly remembered that asIhad foundgold ...

G. K. Chesterton, 2014

Time Traveller's Handbook: A Guide to the Past

A “spade guinea” had a spade-shaped shield on one side and the monarch's head on the other. Sovereign: An English gold coin worth 20 shillings, or one pound, it was first struck during the reign of Henry VII (1489), but was chosen as the ...

Althea Douglas, 2011

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2013 350th Anniversary of the Guinea £2 Coin

The unusual name for this coin came from the Guinea region in West Africa, ... by the heraldic shield of the Royal Arms used on the well-known Spade Guinea ... «Coin Update News, Dec 12»