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sequin

any of various gold coins formerly minted in Italy, Turkey, and Malta
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Sequin

 

a gold coin weighing 3.41 g, ‘first struck in Venice in 1284. After the mid-16th century it was minted in several European countries and called a ducat.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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