Definition

• The name formerly given to the Spanish Dollar or Piastre at Nubia, Kordo- fan, etc. The money of account is based on the ounce of gold which was valued at sixteen Spanish Dollars, called Puma or Wokye. Half that amount was Nosf- Wokye, and the quarter, or four Dollars, was known as a Miscal (q.v.). The names were retained in accounts, although the actual value of an ounce of gold frequently exceeded sixteen Piastres. See Noback, Munz, Mass, und Gewichts-verhaltnisse . 1850. (p. 761).

Source

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

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