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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spinolas dollour, n. (A coin named after Ambrogio Spinola, commander of the Spanish armies in the Netherlands.) —1629 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II 18.
The lords ordanis the maister of the cunyiehous to try the dollours callit the Matthias dollour the Spinolas dollour the beare dollour and the ramme dollour
