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Peso :: Peso (n.) A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight..

Sterling :: Sterling (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used..

Nurl :: Nurl (v. t.) To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl..

Crusade :: Crusade (n.) A Portuguese coin. See Crusado.

Coinstantaneous :: Coinstantaneous (a.) Happening at the same instant.

Doitkin :: Doitkin (n.) A very small coin; a doit.

Maasha :: Maasha (n.) An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee..

Antiquary :: Antiquary (n.) One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity..

Mancus :: Mancus (n.) An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw..

Brassage :: Brassage (n.) A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.

Dollar :: Dollar (n.) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined..

Squint-eyed :: Squint-eyed (a.) Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.

Reeding :: Reeding (n.) The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.

Coinage :: Coinage (v. t.) The act or process of converting metal into money.

Collector :: Collector (n.) One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins..

Didrachma :: Didrachma (n.) A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents..

Abassis :: Abassis (n.) A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents..

Broadpiece :: Broadpiece (n.) An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus..

Archetype :: Archetype (n.) The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.

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