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testoon

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tes⋅ton

  [tes-tuhn, -ton, te-stoon]
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–noun
1. a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14 1/2 sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
2. a former silver coin of England, issued by Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Edward VI, and bearing on the obverse the bust of the reigning king: equal originally to 12 pence, later to sixpence.
3. Also, tes⋅to⋅ne  [te-stoh-ney] . a former silver coin of Milan, first issued in 1468, bearing on the obverse a bust of the Duke of Milan.
Also, tes⋅toon  [te-stoon] .

Origin:
1535–45; < F < It testone, aug. of testa head < LL; see testa
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tes·ton   (těs'tŏn')   
n.  

  1. A 16th-century French silver coin.

  2. An English coin stamped with the image of Henry VIII's head. In this sense, also called tester3.


[French, from Italian testone, augmentative of testa, head, from Late Latin, skull, from Latin, shell.]
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