| 单词 | portcullis money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasportcullis money portcullis money n. historical portcullis coins collectively. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > colonial coins proclamation money1716 sou markeea1722 portcullis money1745 proc1755 portcullis coin1784 1745 M. Folkes Table Eng. Silver Coins 61 The portcullis money of this queen, as it is commonly called, is next to be taken notice of; tho' it was not really current English coin. 1898 G. B. Rawlings Story Brit. Coinage 196 They [sc. coins for use of the E.I.C.] are called the ‘portcullis-money’ from their reverse type. 1926 Times 28 Sept. 10/5 Portcullis money, the coinage made in 1601 and by law exportable for the use of the [East India] Company's agents abroad. 2004 Times (Nexis) 2 Mar. 10 Irish coins and Portcullis money, which was minted for the East India Company at the end of the sixteenth century, have also been tested. < as lemmas |
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