testoon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Italian testone. See tester (“a coin”).
Noun
edittestoon (plural testoons)
- An old Italian silver coin.
- 1985, Lorne Campbell, The early Flemish pictures in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen:
- […] a half testoon of the Swiss Federation minted at Bellinzona […]
- (obsolete) The English silver shilling.