PISTOLE

Pistole

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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pistole

Noun

  1. 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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