Rix-dollar

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:44:09

Rix"-dol`lar (?), n. [Sw. riksdaler, or Dan. rigsdaler, or D. rijksdaalder, or G. reichsthaler, literally, dollar of the empire or realm, fr. words akin to E. rich, and dollar. See Rich, Dollar.]

A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, Norway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.

⇒ Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation.

 

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