Etymology: < German Karolin. < Latin Carolus Charles.
The name of a gold coin formerly current in Bavaria and in Würtemburg; the Bavarian carolin was worth 20s. 4·23d. sterling, that of Würtemburg 20s. 1·47d.
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1821 P. KellyUniversal Cambist (ed. 2)
1847 in J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce 326.
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