1) Coin of Scotland 2) Double escudo 3) French word used in English 4) Gold coin 5) Old coin of Spain 6) Quarter doubloon
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Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use in 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d`Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin. One pistole was worth approximately ten livres or three écus, but higher figures are also seen. ....
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• (n.) The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
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The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40. ... Origin: F, probably a name given in jest in France to a Spanish coin. Cf. Pistol. ... Source...
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Pis·tole' noun [ French, probably a name given in jest in France to a Spanish coin. Confer
Pistol .] The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the sa...
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The pistole was a gold coin formerly used during the 17th and 18th centuries in Spain (where it was a two-escudo piece), France and the neighbouring countries.
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