Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1914 — “Bob” and "Cob." [ARTICLE]

“Bob” and "Cob."

Most people would know what was meant by the term "bob” speaking of money. But would they be able to say offhand what a “cob" is, or was in similar connection? It was used in polite circles in the seventeenth century, for it occurs in a letter from the earl of Kssex: "So my wife gave her a cob, for which she seemed very thankful"—printed on the new volume of the "Camden" series, the editor of which gives the Information that the cob was "a piece of moneys the value of which varied from four shillings to as much as six shillings in 1675’’-. London Chronicle.