See also:

• MOIDORE (a corruption of the Pcrtuguese moeda d'ouro, literally, money of gold)

MOIDORE (a corruption of the Pcrtuguese moeda d'ouro, literally, See also:

• MONEY

money of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold)  , the name of a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold Portuguese See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin, coined from 164o to 1732 . This was of the See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling value of 13s . 51d . It is the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double moida d'ouro, of the value of 4800 reis in 1688, that was current in western See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period after it ceased to be struck . It was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal coin current in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland at the beginning of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and spread to the west of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . At the same period it was current in the West Indies, particularly in See also:

• BARBADOS, or BARBADOES

Barbados . It was rated in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MONEY

money at 27s .