rigsdaler
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of rigsdaler
From Danish, dating back to 1590–1600; rix-dollar
Example Sentences
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At 14, and gangly as a stork, Hans Christian stowed his toy theater, a loaf of bread and 13 rigsdaler into his knapsack and went to Copenhagen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King himself, who had read some of his poetry, sent him on a two-year tour of the Continent and granted him 400 rigsdaler a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
“One rigsdaler and fifty öre each—three rigsdalers in all.”
From Project Gutenberg
"Well," said I, "It is worth at least half a rigsdaler."
From Project Gutenberg
It is very difficult," he said, "with us it is so simple; six and a half groner are equal to one and a third gross-groner or the quarter part of our Rigsdaler.
From Project Gutenberg
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