George (or Scots’ diminutive Geordie), subs. (old). 1.—A half crown.
Also (obsolete), the noble = 6s. 8d., temp., Henry VIII.
1688. Shadwell, Sq. of Alsatia, List of cant words. george,
half-a-crown.
1690. B. E., Dict. of the Cant. Crew. He tipt me Forty Georges for
my earnest, He paid me Five Pounds for my Share or Snack.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.