Definition of "johannes" []

• An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal. (noun)

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• "I expected a far far better showing from McCain during this Presidential campaign. johannes"
• "The moidore was worth six pieces of eight, the pistole four, the johannes eight."
• "To this place I brought with me from my late master's, two johannes, three old Spanish dollars, and two thousand of coppers, besides five pounds of my wife's money."