| 单词 | crown gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown gold crown gold n. now historical gold of the quality of which crowns were coined. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > metal used for coining crown goldc1530 vellona1680 species1790 c1530 R. Amadas in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 287 For every ounce channge of the golde betwene corone golde and fine golde iiijs. iiijd. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo iii. xviii. 486 By aduancing the Valuation of gold..in England, when Crowne gold was valued from fiftie fiue shillings the ounce to three pound. 1712 E. Hatton Merchants Mag. 130 Fine Gold to Crown Gold, is in Value, As 1 to .9167. 1845 J. Taylor Money 4 The true pound sterling is a gold coin of the full weight of 5 dwts. 3 grains of crown gold. 1963 E. V. Morgan Feaveryear's Pound Sterling (ed. 2) iv. 87 Now the unit weighed 154·8 gr. and the crown gold of which it was made was rated a little higher even than in the Scottish coins. < as lemmas |
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