Jo*han"nes (j?*hăn"nēz),
n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, Heb.
Yĕhōkhānān,
Yōkhānān, i. e., one whom Jehovah has
blessed; hence F. Jean, E. John.] (Numis.)
A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from
the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into
joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.