Concept cluster: Social systems > Global historical currencies
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(informal) Australian dollar
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A silver coin once used in the Gold Coast (in Africa)
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A 13th century French gold coin.
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Alternative form of albertustaler [(historical) A coin containing silver, first minted in the Spanish Netherlands at the turn of the 17th century.]
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Alternative form of albertustaler [(historical) A coin containing silver, first minted in the Spanish Netherlands at the turn of the 17th century.]
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(historical) A coin containing silver, first minted in the Spanish Netherlands at the turn of the 17th century.
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Alternative form of albertustaler [(historical) A coin containing silver, first minted in the Spanish Netherlands at the turn of the 17th century.]
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(numismatics) An obsolete Russian coin worth three kopeks.
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(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
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A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI.
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A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or ¹⁄₁₆ rupee.
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(historical, numismatics) A silver coin used during the Roman Empire, equal to two denarii.
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A silver coin, minted in the Roman Empire between 294 and 310, weighing approximately 3 scruples.
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(numismatics) Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
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(historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
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A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.
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(historical) A silver coin minted in Bern, Switzerland from the 15th century until the mid-19th century, equal to 10 rappen.
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(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.
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(historical) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
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(historical) Any of several types of coin once minted in Bologna.
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(obsolete) A coin formerly used in India.
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Confederate dollar
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(historical) A silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu.
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(historical) An old French coin worth one quarter of an écu.
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(historical) An old silver coin of Italy.
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(historical) An old English gold coin, worth 20 (or later 23) shillings.
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Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin.
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(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
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(historical) A large bronze coin used in Ancient Rome.
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(historical) A gold coin formerly used in Italy and Turkey; a sequin.
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an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista
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Any of the gold and silver coins that were minted in the Spanish Empire and valued in reales or escudos, such as the piece of eight—especially those which were crudely struck and irregularly shaped.
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Short for Deutsche Mark. [(historical, numismatics) The former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.]
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(historical) The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.
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(India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
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(obsolete) A coin formerly used in India.
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A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).
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(historical) A unit of currency in Ancient Greece, worth ten drachmas.
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(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.
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An ancient coin, the denarius.
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(historical) An obsolete unit of currency in Russia equal to half a kopek.
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Alternative spelling of Deutsche Mark [(historical, numismatics) The former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.]
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Alternative form of didrachma [An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.]
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An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.
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(historical) An ancient coin worth two obols.
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(historical) A Greek copper coin of the mid-19th century.
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An Ancient Greek gold coin that had a value of twelve drachmas
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(Australia, informal, finance) The Australian dollar.
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(countable, historical numismatics, slang) A former 40-franc gold coin issued by France.
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(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]
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A coin worth one drachma.
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(obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
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(historical) A gold coin minted by various European nations.
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Alternative form of ducat [(historical) A gold coin minted by various European nations.]
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(historical) A crown-sized silver coin of the 16th-18th centuries.
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(historical) A silver coin formerly used in Holland and other Dutch-speaking territories.
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(historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire and Roman Republic, equal to two asses.
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An obsolete Belgian unit of mass, one twentieth of an ounce.
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One hundredth of a euro.
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(numismatics, middle-age) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.
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A surname.
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A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.
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Alternative form of 50 cent [(derogatory) Synonym of wumao: A member of the 50 cent army.]
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A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
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(historical) The standard alloy of silver with copper and lead used in the ingot currency of Burma.
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A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.
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The former currency of France and its territories, now superseded by the euro. Symbol: FF
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(historical) A Prussian gold coin used from 1741 to 1855.
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(US, historical) The first official circulation coin of the United States, minted in 1787, made from copper and bearing the Latin word fugio (“I flee”), in reference to time flying by.
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(historical) An old Venetian coin, equal to a halfpenny.
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(historical) A silver coin established in 1303 by Charles II of Anjou in Naples, and then also in Provence from 1330, and depicting on its reverse side a lily entwined around a cross.
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A unit of the Goldback currency system containing 1/1000th of a troy ounce of pure gold
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(archaic) A small ingot of gold or silver, formerly used as money in Asia.
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(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.
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(historical) An old currency of the Netherlands (and its overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles).
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(money, historical) A silver German coin that was worth one gold gulden in the 15th century and two thirds of a taler in the 17th century.
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Alternative form of heller (“currency unit, 100th of a koruna”) [(historical) A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.]
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(chiefly Canada, US, now historical) A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America.
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A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.
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(historical) A Byzantine coin in use during the late Middle Ages, replacing the solidus as the Byzantine Empire’s gold coinage.
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(historical) A former English gold coin from the Jacobite period.
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(obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.
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(historical) A former coin of Italy, struck by Pope Julius II (1503-13).
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A title of the goddess Juno, who became the patron of coining.
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(numismatics) A gold coin minted in South Africa, containing a full troy ounce of gold.
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(proscribed) Alternative form of lepton [A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).]
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(historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.
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(obsolete) Alternative form of leonine, (particularly) the debased coin outlawed under Edward I of England. [(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.]
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(historical) A silver coin in ancient Sicily, worth one fifth of a drachm.
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(historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
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One of numerous currencies used in France in the Middle Ages.
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(historical numismatics, informal) The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs.
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(historical numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.
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Alternative spelling of louis d'or [(historical numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.]
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(historical numismatics) An imitation coin, based on the French petit louis, once used mostly as an ornament.
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An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
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The official bullion gold coin of Canada.
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(obsolete) A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
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An obsolete coin from Germany, higher in value than a pfennig.
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(now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
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(historical) A large silver coin of Ancient Rome, introduced in the early 4th century.
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Alternative form of miliarense [(historical) A large silver coin of Ancient Rome, introduced in the early 4th century.]
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Alternative form of milreis [(historical) A former currency of Portugal.]
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(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
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A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
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(historical) A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
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(historical numismatics, slang) Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values.
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(historical) A Saxon Scheidemünze coin minted from 1841 to 1873.
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current coin of a state (ancient).
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(historical) Any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.
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(historical) A silver coin of Ancient Greece.
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(historical) An obsolete French coin.
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A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.
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An Ancient Greek coin having a value of eight drachmas
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(historical) One French franc before January 1960, when it was devalued to 1/100 of its original value and replaced by the new franc, worth 100 old francs.
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(historical, British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to ¹⁄₆₄ of a rupee or three pies.
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An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
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An ancient Cyrenaic coin that was worth five drachmas
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An ancient Cyrenaic coin worth fifty drachmas
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A large gold coin of ancient Sicily worth fifty litras
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(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
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(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
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(historical) A form of currency formerly used in the French-speaking parts of Canada.
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(historical) The peso, a silver coin that was minted in Spain and its colonies from the end of 15th century, equal to eight reales (hence the name).
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(now historical) A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.
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Alternative form of pistareen [(now historical) A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.]
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(historical) A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this.
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(historical) A half ruble in Lithuanian long currency.
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(US) The symbol #, denoting weight in pounds.
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A bronze coin, equivalent to the Roman quadrans, used in ancient Palestine.
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Obsolete spelling of piastre [(now historical) A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real.]
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A medium-sized silver coin minted by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century B.C..
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(historical) A former very small Italian coin.
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A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.
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(historical) A former German currency unit, one hundredth of a Reichsmark.
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(historical) A coin of Denmark first minted in 1749.
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A coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.
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(now historical) A silver coin and money of account in use from the late-16ᵗʰ to the mid-19ᵗʰ centuries in the European Teutonic countries and their imperial trading networks.
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(historical) An obsolete currency used in much of continental Europe, as well as some Dutch colonies (even after they had become British).
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(historical) A Japanese ounce, especially of silver; a tael.
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(historical numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
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(US) A gold-colored dollar coin with an image of the girl Sacagawea on the obverse.
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(now historical) A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
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A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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(historical) An old French gold coin.
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(historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.
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A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
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A quantity of silver or gold (see Alma 11:3-8) used as commodity money in the Book of Mormon, worth a measure of barley and equivalent to half of a seon or a judge's daily wage.
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(now historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
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(historical) A money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.
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(historical, numismatics) A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).
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(obsolete) A shekel.
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A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.
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(obsolete) A British unit of weight used in the meat trade, equal to 8 pounds (avoirdupois).
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(historical) A former Spanish-American silver coin.
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(historical) An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
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Its successor Byzantine coins, from the eleventh century onward of progressively debased weight and purity.
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(Australia, derogatory) The Australian dollar.
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(historical) A Norwegian coin minted from 1816 to 1875, divided into 120 skilling.
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A gold, silver or electrum coin of ancient Greece.
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An old French silver coin.
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An old Italian silver coin.
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(historical, numismatics) A silver coin in Ancient Greece, equivalent to four drachms.
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(historical, numismatics) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
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An ancient coin, one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon gold tremisses.
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(obsolete) A coin formerly used in India.
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(historical) A coin of late Ancient Rome, worth one third of a solidus.
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A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic valued at 4 unciae.
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An ancient coin worth three obols.
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(historical) A coin of silver and copper issued by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th and 18th century, worth 18 grosze
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Alternative form of US dollar [The official currency of the United States.]
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A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one-twelfth of an as.
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A minor unit of currency in Vietnam, now little-used, forming a hundredth of a dong.
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(historical) A small gold or silver ingot formerly used as currency in some parts of China.
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(archaic) An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers.
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Obsolete form of sequin (“gold coin”). [(now historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.]
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(historical) An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents.
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(historical) A silver coin formerly used in France, with varying values.

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