Moidore

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  • noun. A former Portuguese or Brazilian gold coin that was also current in England in the early 1700s.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A gold coin (also called lisbonine) formerly current in Portugal. It was equivalent in value to about $6. 50.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An old Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732.