| 单词 | pine tree money |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspine tree money pine tree money n. now historical silver coins (shilling, sixpence, and threepence) bearing the figure of a pine tree, struck in Massachusetts in the latter half of the 17th cent., being the first money coined in a British colony. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > North American coins > U.S. quarter dollar1615 bit1683 quarter1776 cent1782 dollar1785 dime1786 eagle1786 half-dollar1786 half-eagle1786 sharpshin1804 picayune1805 caser1825 pic1839 double eagle1849 slug1851 hog1859 pine tree money1859 martin bita1884 meter1940 1859 B. J. Lossing Hist. U.S. 122 These coins, now very rare, are called pine-tree money. 1886 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 9 Jan. October 10, 1652 just 233 years ago, the Pine Tree money was coined. 1937 New Eng. Q. 10 680 This ‘pine tree’ money was the last variety of coinage produced by Hull and Sanderson. < as lemmas |
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