Chapter 17: 175-182

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Jenkins Ear Museum
War of 39
War of Jenkins' Ear 1739-1743

Pistole
pis·tole (pĭ-stōl')N.Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d'Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin. One pistole was worth approximately ten livres. Wikipedia

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