Rix-dollar

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

  Rix-dollar \Rix"-dol`lar\, n. [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}.
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     Note: Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some
           remain in circulation.
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