† seskynn.
Obsolete.
A Dutch coin of the value of 6 mites.
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seskyn1413
dodkin1415
plackc1470
Rhenish1479
Utrecht1493
Utrecht noble1494
stiver1502
doit1594
stooter1598
doublejee1707
double shilling1744
William1836
steever1892
1413 Act 3 Hen. V c. 1 §2 Les Galyhalpens & la Moneie appelle Seskyn & Doydekyn.
1413 Act 3 Hen. V c. 1 §2 Galyhalpens, Seskyns ou Doykyns.
1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 255/1 Le moneie appelle Galihalpenys, Suskyns & Dodekyns.
14.. in Athenæum (1867) 7 Dec. 768 vi mytis is a seskyn.
1543 tr. Act 3 Hen. V A j Galyhalpens, & the money called Suskyne & Dotkyne [cf. 14131].
1543 tr. Act 3 Hen. V A j Any galyhalfpens, suskyns, or dotkyns. [There are numerous later references to this Act, e.g., 1544 Fitzherbert's Bk. Justice of Peace 9 Galyhalfpens, soskyns, dodkyns. 1581 Lambarde Eiren. ii. vii. (1588) 233 Those Felonies of Gallyhalfpence, Suskins, and Dodkins.]
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