testoon

English

Etymology

From Italian testone. See tester (“a coin”).

Noun

testoon (plural testoons)

  1. An old Italian silver coin.
    • 1985, Lorne Campbell, The early Flemish pictures in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen:
      […] a half testoon of the Swiss Federation minted at Bellinzona […]
  2. (obsolete) The English silver shilling.

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