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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1598-1645
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Croce-dollar (-dollor, -dolour), n. [Croce n. 5.] = Cros-dollar. — 1598 Acts IV. 175/2.
The croce dolour [to pass current] at xlij s. 1644 Elgin Rec. I. 178.
To mak payment … of fyve croce dollars at 53 s. the peece 1645 Edinburgh Testaments LXI. 130.
xl croce dollors at liij s. iiij d. the peice
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