festoon
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Such coins as testoons, placks, bodles, bawbees and turners, do not appear in his accounts, but some of them are casually mentioned in the text of the MSS., and are explained in footnotes.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord
He gave him also a hundred cruzados and a hundred testoons, besides the payment due to him, and goods and other presents, so that the honest broker departed highly pleased.
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles
As a reward for the services they had rendered in carrying the ships safely across the Indian Ocean, each pilot received a robe of red cloth and ten testoons.
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Everything the ships required was purchased on shore, and paid for with silver testoons, which went for double their worth.
From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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