Pistole

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

  Pistole \Pis*tole"\, n. [F., probably a name given in jest in
     France to a Spanish coin. Cf. {Pistol}.]
     The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly
     coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was
     equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in
     Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian


     pistole worth about $5.40.
     [1913 Webster]