zecchino
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Origin of zecchino
1610–20; < Italian. See sequin
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Florentine gigliati Venetian zecchino All other gold coins to be taken as bullion at a value of 280 fl. for the Cologne mark of fine gold.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
Between 1280 and 1284 Venice also struck 629 a gold coin, known first as the ducat, afterwards as the zecchino or sequin, the ducat becoming merely a money of account.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
I'll wager a zecchino they have come from Naples.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
I value it not a zecchino; and wert thou to depose me to-morrow, I should be the master of ye in another month, did it please me to command a people so capricious.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
A hundred on his soles, and a hundred zecchini from his purse!
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
A new cloak you shall have, bread, zecchini, everything you want.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
I remember a Venetian who once said, coming to a feast, “I would not take five gold zecchini for this thirst which I now have.”
From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Leland, Charles Godfrey
The taxes are heavy, and their Excellencies the tax-gatherers have less patience than the poor gondoliers bring of zecchini to the purse of the Nicolotti.
From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.
The conduct of Aldringher was severely rebuked at the capital; and the Empress sent Carlo's wife ten thousand zecchini, with which they returned at length to Mantua.
From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean
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