spade guinea

British  

noun

1. history a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III

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spade guinea

I had lost my brother-in-law, an army doctor, in the war, and I had given him a spade guinea for his first fee, which he always wore on his chain.

From The Vital Message by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Then he took from the purse that hung at his belt a new spade guinea, gave it a fillip into the air, and down it fell in the little boy's lap.

From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian

"I asked," he said, "because one of these happens to be a guinea-piece—a spade guinea, and scarcely worn at all."

From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

He wore the whitest linen and blackest, glossiest broadcloth, a big black cravat, diamond stud in his shirt-front in the old fashion, and a heavy gold chain with a spade guinea attached.

From A Traveller in Little Things by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

Might not that half of the spade guinea give the dwarf some power over her?

From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian