Definición

• This is conjectured by Yule to come from the Persian Dinar-i-gabr, i.e., "money of the infidel." The name was formerly applied in India to the gold coins of Europe.

  C. Lockyer, in Trade of India, 1711 (vii. 201), says "they have Venetians, Gubbers, Muggerbees, and Pagodas," and in the same work (viii. 242), "When a parcel of Venetian Ducats are mixt with others, the whole goes by the Name of Chequeens at Surat, but when they are separated, one sort is called Venetians, and all the others Gubbers indifferently."

Fuente

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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