英语词汇“pillar dollar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. With qualifying words. buzzard dollar, a name applied, in derision of the figure of an eagle on the reverse side, to the United States silver dollar of 412½ grains, coined in accordance with the Bland Bill of 1878. lion dollar, a Dutch coin bearing the figure of a lion; also current in New York in colonial times. pillar dollar, a silver coin of Spain, bearing a figure of the Pillars of Hercules, formerly current in the Spanish colonies in America: cf. sense 2 trade dollar, a silver dollar of 420 grains formerly coined by the United States mint for purposes of trade with eastern Asia. dollar of the fathers, a phrase applied to the silver dollar, by those who advocated its remonetization, which was effected in 1878: see quot. 1889.

a1725 Ld. Whitworth Acct. Russia in 1710 (1758) 77 Of the same goodness with Lyon Dollars, viz. twelve ounces fine silver, and four ounces alloy to the pound.

1768 Gov. Moore To Earl of Hillsborough in Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. 14 May VIII. 72 The Lyon Dollars (a species of money brought here by the first Dutch settlers) are rarely now seen.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) The former [Spanish Dollars] are called pillar dollars, because they bear on the reverse the arms of Spain between two pillars.

1877 N.Y. Tribune 21 July 6 Some of the absurdities of the demand for the ‘Dollar of our Fathers’.

1878 Nation (N.Y.) 10 Jan. 26 Linderman..was the projector of the trade-dollar.

1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (1893) 301 The coinage of the Silver Trade Dollar was first authorized by the Act of Feb. 12th, 1873.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Dollar of the Fathers, a catch cry, turned by opponents into the ‘dollar of the daddies’, which was used during the remonetization agitation of 1877.

pillar dollar n. now historical a silver coin bearing a picture of the pillars of Hercules, current chiefly in Spanish territories in America from the 17th to the 19th cent.

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1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 87 Foreign Moneys now Currant amongst us; Namely, the Pillar Dollars, which go at Seven Shillings and a Peny per Ounce.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. at Dollar The former [sc. Spanish dollars] are called pillar dollars, because they bear on the reverse the arms of Spain between two pillars.

1997 J. Weatherford Hist. Money vii. 118 Some people say that the modern dollar sign is derived from this pillar dollar.

单词	pillar dollar
释义	> as lemmas pillar dollar 5. With qualifying words. buzzard dollar, a name applied, in derision of the figure of an eagle on the reverse side, to the United States silver dollar of 412½ grains, coined in accordance with the Bland Bill of 1878. lion dollar, a Dutch coin bearing the figure of a lion; also current in New York in colonial times. pillar dollar, a silver coin of Spain, bearing a figure of the Pillars of Hercules, formerly current in the Spanish colonies in America: cf. sense 2 trade dollar, a silver dollar of 420 grains formerly coined by the United States mint for purposes of trade with eastern Asia. dollar of the fathers, a phrase applied to the silver dollar, by those who advocated its remonetization, which was effected in 1878: see quot. 1889. Π a1725 Ld. Whitworth Acct. Russia in 1710 (1758) 77 Of the same goodness with Lyon Dollars, viz. twelve ounces fine silver, and four ounces alloy to the pound. 1768 Gov. Moore To Earl of Hillsborough in Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. 14 May VIII. 72 The Lyon Dollars (a species of money brought here by the first Dutch settlers) are rarely now seen. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) The former [Spanish Dollars] are called pillar dollars, because they bear on the reverse the arms of Spain between two pillars. 1877 N.Y. Tribune 21 July 6 Some of the absurdities of the demand for the ‘Dollar of our Fathers’. 1878 Nation (N.Y.) 10 Jan. 26 Linderman..was the projector of the trade-dollar. 1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (1893) 301 The coinage of the Silver Trade Dollar was first authorized by the Act of Feb. 12th, 1873. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Dollar of the Fathers, a catch cry, turned by opponents into the ‘dollar of the daddies’, which was used during the remonetization agitation of 1877. extracted from dollarn. pillar dollar pillar dollar n. now historical a silver coin bearing a picture of the pillars of Hercules, current chiefly in Spanish territories in America from the 17th to the 19th cent. ΚΠ 1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 87 Foreign Moneys now Currant amongst us; Namely, the Pillar Dollars, which go at Seven Shillings and a Peny per Ounce. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. at Dollar The former [sc. Spanish dollars] are called pillar dollars, because they bear on the reverse the arms of Spain between two pillars. 1997 J. Weatherford Hist. Money vii. 118 Some people say that the modern dollar sign is derived from this pillar dollar. extracted from pillarn. < as lemmas
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