|
|
Definition of Pistareen
1. n. An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.
Definition of Pistareen
1. Noun. A Spanish silver coin worth two reals, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pistareen
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistareen
Literary usage of Pistareen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1845)
"The following coins are also usually taken at the rates specified :—French crown,
Se. 6d, ; French half crown, 2s. 6d. ; pistareen, lOd. ; Five-franc piece, ..."
2. The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and by Benson John Lossing (1851)
"Two SIDES OF A CROSS-pistareen. The derivation of this name I could not learn.
... The larger one is a cross-pistareen, of the value of sixteen cents ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Recollections of of a pistareen (twenty cents) that he would ascend to the Samuel
Breck,' p. 42 (Phila., 1877). 1796 When the turnip-tops were of the size ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"Whether such pistareen, or piece of coin, is a silver coin of Spain made ...
That the coin commonly called a head pistareen may be a part of a dollar, ..."
5. Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: With Notes by Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States Supreme Court (1881)
"Whether the head pistareen, so called, is a part of a Spanish milled dollar. 2.
Whether such pistareen, or piece of coin, is a silver coin of Spain made ..."
Other Resources:
