Milreis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Milreis \Mil"reis`\, n. [Pg. mil reis, i. e., one thousand reis;
     mil a thousand + reis, pl. of real a rei.]
     A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury
     department of the United States at one dollar and eight
     cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four
     cents and six mills (1913).


     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MIL-REIS. The name of a coin. The mil-reis of Portugal is taken as money of 
  account, at the custom-house, to be of the value of one hundred and twelve 
  cents. Act of March 13, 1843. 
       2. The mil-reis of Azores, is deemed of the value of eighty-three and 
  one-third cents. Act of Match 3, 1843. 
       3. The mil-reis of Madera, is deemed of the value of one hundred 
  cents. Id.