Définition

• A small Pistole. The term is applied to the Scudo d'Oro of Francisco III of Montef errato ; to the gold issues of Herman Thierry, Seigneur of Batenbourg (1573-1612), etc. See also Ecu Pistolet.

  A proclamation of Elizabeth of October 9, 1560, states that "Pistolets, then valued at six shillings and two pence, shall go for five shillings and ten pence." See Ruding (i. 338).

La source

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

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