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PISTOLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 659 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PISTOLE  , the

French name given to a
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Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit, and was worth 16s . 114d. sterling . The name was also given to the louis d'or of Louis XIII. of France, and to other
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European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin .

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