Also 8 jo. Abbreviation of Joannes or JOHANNES, a Portuguese gold coin.
1772. in F. Chase, Hist. Dartmouth Coll. (1891), I. 262, note. Let Mr. Ripley have a guinea, half a jo, and 9 coppers.
1783. Wolcott (P. Pindar), Odes R. Academ., vii. Wks. 1790, I. 75. Or Sol’s bright orb—be sure to make him glow Precisely like a guinea, or a jo.
1833. Marryat, P. Simple, xxxi. I think they were half a joe, or eight dollars each.
1840. Barham, Ingol. Leg., Hand of Glory. vii. The fair rose-noble, the bright moidore, And the broad Double-Joe from ayont the sea.
