scudon.
/ˈskuːdəʊ/ A silver coin and money of account formerly current in various Italian states, usually worth about 4 shillings. In some states a gold scudo of the same value was also used, and occasionally the name was given to gold coins of much higher value.
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c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 287 I am told the Gardner is annualy alow'd 2000 scudi for the keeping it.
1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 121 She found means by her industry to save a sum of 6000 scudis.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiv. 586 Every body who had a balance of above five hundred scudi was invited to the balls which this prince of merchants gave.
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