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Florence :: Florence (n.) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value..

Twelvepence :: Twelvepence (n.) A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents..

Pound :: Pound (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value..

Sixpence :: Sixpence (n.) An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents..

Carolus :: Carolus (n.) An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.

Butlerage :: Butlerage (n.) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.

Crown :: Crown (n.) A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents..

Marc :: Marc (n.) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence..

Louis D''or :: Louis d'or () Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640..

Shilling :: Shilling (n.) In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized..

Scudo :: Scudo (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same..

Guinea :: Guinea (n.) A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817..

Unit :: Unit (n.) A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings..

Socage :: Socage (n.) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent..

Shilling :: Shilling (n.) The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2..

Apiece :: Apiece (adv.) Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.

Piece :: Piece (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings..

An :: An () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as twice an hour, once an age, a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every..

Spurry :: Spur-royal (n.) A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings..

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