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PISTOLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 659 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PISTOLE , the See also:

French name given to a See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

gold See also:

coin in use from 1537; it was a See also:

double escudo, the gold unit, and was See also:

worth 16s. 114d. See also:

sterling. The name was also given to the See also:

louis d'or of Louis XIII. of See also:

France, and to other See also:

EUROPEAN

European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin.

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