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TERMINOLOGY
Bodle—Scotish copper currency under Charles II.,
1677 (new coinage), and William and Mary, 1691-94.
The word is said to he a corruption of Bothzoell, and
perhaps the bawbee may have been known as the bodle
as early as the time of Mary I., although the two are
of distinct types.
Bonnct-piccc—With the two-thirds and one-third, a
gold coin of James V. of Scotland, 1539-40. It is
the earliest dated piece in this series, and is of un-
usually thick fabric and artistic execution ; it exhibits
a life-like portrait of James with the bonnet.
Bonus Eventus—A symbolical representation found
on many Roman coins under the form of a youthful
naked figure holding a patera and ears of corn.
Borodoraia—The Russian beard-money, which, how-
ever, is to be regarded as a token rather than as coinage.
It was first introduced under Peter the Great.
Box-thaler—The variety is usually confined to certain
German states, but also found in Savoy, where the coin
opens as a box, and contains objects inside, sometimes
of an erotic complexion. There is a piece of eighty lire
in gold, of Carlo Felice, king of Sardinia, 1826, enclos-
ing four counters in platinum for the game of ombre.
B>•(ideate—A term which has been explained in
Hazlitt, " Coins of Europe, 11
217
p. 186-187. It occurs