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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" Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation."
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