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rix-dollar

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rix-dol=lar

CIDE DICTIONARY

rix-dollarn. [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.  [1913 Webster]
    " Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation."  [1913 Webster]

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