Testoon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An old Italian silver coin.

    "[…] a half testoon of the Swiss Federation minted at Bellinzona […]"

  2. 2
    The English silver shilling. obsolete

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"[…] a half testoon of the Swiss Federation minted at Bellinzona […]"

Etymology

From Italian testone. See tester (“a coin”).

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