Puma Publique Deposited
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Définition
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. The names were retained in accounts, although the actual value of an ounce of gold frequently exceeded sixteen Piastres. See Noback (p. 761).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)