Xeriff

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

  Xeriff \Xer"iff\ (z[e^]r"[i^]f), n. [See {Shereef}.]
     A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the
     value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30 (ca. 1900); -- also,
     in Morocco, a ducat.
     [1913 Webster]