Core, a money of account in the East Indies, equal to 100 lace, or ten millions of rupees.
Crown.-ln England, Henry VII. was the first king who coined a crown in gold. He afterwards, as has been already noticed, struck some patterns for a crown in silver ; but Edward VI. was the first who coined the silver crown and half-crown for currency. From Elizabeth to Victoria the silver crown and half-crown have been struck in every reign. It is now current for 5s., weighs 1,8 dwts. 4 grs. The half-crown is of half the weight and value. The croone, or crown, was formerly a coin of the Netherlands ; those after 1755 were estimated at 2 florins 14 stivers of exchange, or 3 florins 3 stivers current. It was also a coin of Denmark; double, single, and half-crowns were reckoned at 8, 4, and 2 marks crown money, or 8 marks 8 skillings, 4 marks 4 skillings, and 2 marks 2 skillings current.
Crusado, a silver coin in Portugal, of 480 reel, or 2s. 2d.
Deci me, a money of account, and coin in the Revolutionary system, of France : 10 decimes make the franc, or 100 centimes. There were copper pieces of I and 2 decimes.
Denier was the 240th part of the livre, or French pound.
Dime, a money of account and silver coin in America, is the 10th part of a dollar. There are also half-dimes.
Doblon, or Doubloon, a Spanish gold coin, the ancient value of which has been changed up to 1772, when the former pieces were called in ; the doubloon was of the value of 3/. ls. 10d. The present doblon is worth 31. 4s. 8d. The double and the half of each in pro portion.
Doppia, or Pistole, an old Italian gold coin, of which the value varies in different states. The Roman doppia was I5i lire, or 13s. Bid, ; that of Parma was 26 lire 14 soldi. The doppia of Genoa was worth about 318. 3d., but few are in circulation, as the Sardinian coinage is now assimilated to that of France.
Duit, or _Atilt, a small Dutch copper coin, now disused, the 8th part of a stiver, in value half a farthing.
Dollar.-The dollar of the. United States of North America, weighing 416 grains of staudard silver, is valued at 4s. 4d. English. It has on the edge, " ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT HUNDRED CENTS," and has its divi sions of half and quarter. By an Act of 1837, the silver dollar of the
United States is required to contain 4124 grains of staudard silver, of which one tenth is alloy, which is now the proportion in all coius of the United States, whether of silver or gold. The Spauish dollar of the old sort, before a new coinage took place in 1772, was of the sterling value of 48. 41d. Till then there were dollars of two denominations, the Mexican and the Sevlllan dollar. That which is at present gene rally circulated as the Spanish dollar is really of the sterling value of 4s. 31d. The Greek silver dollar is worth 3s. 61d., and the five-dollar piece is a gold coin of the value of 178. 81d.
Drachma, a silver coin of the kingdom of Greece, worth about 8id. Ducado, is an imaginary Spanish money, often used in estimating or stating values; it is reckoned at something more than 2s.
Ducat, Danish, a gold coin worth 7s. 51d.; the specie ducat is worth 98. 4d.
Ducat, Dutch, a gold coin, now called in, of the value of 5 guilders 2 stivers. English value, 98. 4id.
Ducat, German, also a gold coin, the rate of coinage of which, although each state has its own ducats, is nearly the same all over Germany, in Hungary and Bohemia ; that is, about 98. 41d. or 9s. 5d. The ducat of Holland is 98. 4d. The Austrian double ducat is in proportion. The ducat of Baden, however, of five gulden, coined from 1819 to 1827, is only worth 8s. The ducat of Saxony is current at 9s. 5d.
Ducat, the Italian, is a silver coin and money of account at Naples and other places. The Neapolitan ducat is worth 3s. 4d. The Venetian silver ducats of a former time varied both in weight and fineness. In weight from 13 dwt. 18 gr. to 14 dwt. 19 gr.
Dem, a gold coin of Spain, worth about 4s. • with its double, the dos duro. The old Spanish silver dollar is also known as the duro.
Eagle, an Americau gold coin, of the value of 10 dollars, or units. Its intrinsic value in English gold was nearly 2/. 3s. 9d. Since 1834 it has been reduced in value. It now contains 258 grs. The value is DOW 418.