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  1. Noun.  (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.The '''Oxford English Dictionary''' (2007).
  2. Noun.  (historical) A unit of currency introduced into certain former European colonies such as Cape Province and Ceylon.The '''Oxford English Dictionary''' (2007).

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