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Rix-dollar   Listen
noun
Rix-dollar  n.  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. Note: Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... Dutch to quit India, on being allowed shipping to carry them home, which Van Cosse agreed to, giving them his flag-ship, the Groote Britanye, and two others, for that purpose. Martin was detained and carried to Batavia, where he was confined for life on an allowance of a rix-dollar a-day. ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 • Robert Kerr



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