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baht

Thailand {baht}.

bezant

gold coin {bezant}.

bullion

Gold, silver, platinum, or palladium bars or ingots {bullion} are not coins or jewelry.

Canadian dollar

Canada {Canadian dollar}.

drachma

Greece {drachma}.

lira

Italy {lira}.

mina as money

Sumerian, Babylonian, Greek, and Hebrew talents equaled 60 mina units {mina}. One mina equaled 60 shekels.

peso

Mexico and other Latin American countries {peso}.

piastre

Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria fractional unit {piastre}. Spain and Rome used piastres.

real as money

Brazil {real, money}. Eight Spain reales equaled one piece of eight, until 1859.

renminbi

China {renminbi}.

ruble

Russia {ruble}.

rupee

India {rupee}.

rupiah

Indonesia {rupiah}.

shekel

Israel {shekel}.

talent as money

Middle East silver weight {talent} was approximately 30 kilograms. An Attic talent equaled 6000 drachmas. Sumerian, Babylonian, Greek, and Hebrew talents equaled 60 mina.

yen

Japan {yen}.

7-Financial Affairs-Currency-Germany

mark

Germany/Switzerland {mark, money}. One German mark equaled 100 pfennig, until 2002.

pfennig

Germany {pfennig}. One mark equaled 100 pfennig, until 2002.

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doubloon

Spain and Spanish America gold coin {doubloon}. One doubloon equaled two escudos or 32 reales, until 1859.

piece of eight

Spanish coins {piece of eight} {peso de a ocho} {Spanish dollar} were worth eight reales, until 1859.

peseta

Spain {peseta}. Spain used peseta from 1869 until 2002.

7-Financial Affairs-Currency-England

farthing

England {farthing}. One farthing equaled one-quarter pence, until 1960.

ha'penny

England {ha'penny} {halfpenny}. One halfpenny equaled one-half pence, until 1969.

pence

England {pence}. Twelve pence equaled one shilling, until 1971.

shilling

England {shilling, money}. Twenty shillings equaled one pound, until 1971. One shilling equaled twelve pence.

crown as money

England {crown, money}. One crown equaled five shillings, until 1965.

pound as money

England {pound, money} {pound sterling} {quid}. One pound note [1816] equaled twenty shillings, until 1971, and now equals 100 pence.

sovereign coin

England {sovereign, coin}. One sovereign is a 22-carat gold coin with nominal value of one pound, first minted in 1489 for Henry VII but put into circulation in 1817.

guinea as money

England {guinea, money}. One guinea equaled one pound and one shilling, from 1813 until 1971. From 1683 to 1813, English gold guinea coins were equal one pound sterling.

7-Financial Affairs-Currency-France

franc

France {franc}. One franc equals 100 centimes.

sou

France small coin {sou} {sol, coin} {solidus, coin} equaled five centimes.

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two bits

one quarter USA {two bits}.

simolean

one dollar USA {simolean}.

sawbuck

10 dollars USA {sawbuck}.

shinplaster

private paper money {shinplaster}.

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