THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

TERMINOLOGY
whole within a beaded circle ; on reverse an ear of corn
without legend. (?) The modern Alcolea or Penaflor.
Iron money of Byzantium and Lacedwmon—No speci-
mens seem to be known. It belonged to the sixth and
fifth centuries b.c.
Joe—(i.) Paper money issued for the Bi-itish Colonies
of Demerara and Essequibo about 1809, a joe being
reckoned as = 22 guilders British. The series ran from
2 to 20 joes, (ii.) The English fourpenny-piece of 1836,
from Joseph Hume, who promoted its revival.
Klippe—The square or other irregular coins issued as
money of necessity or patterns in many of the Con-
tinental series in early times. Some are of exceptional
curiosity and rarity.
Knurled or Knarled—The word which more properly
describes the serrated edge of a coin than that (milled)
generally employed.
Lebongo—Portuguese currency employed at Angola
by the natives prior to 1693, and formed of straw, each
piece = 5 reis. It was superseded by copper money
after the reconcilement of the Africans to the innova-
tion. The latter coinage is very rare, and is of unusually
good fabric ; there is no legend, but the cross with the
four figures of the date 1693 in a piece before us is
repeated on either side.
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