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Definitions of pistole in various dictionaries:
A gold coin equal to two escudos, formerly used in Spain.
Any of several gold coins used in various European countries until the late 19th century.
noun - a former European gold coin
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| any of various gold coins used in Europe or Scotland in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| A gold coin equal to two escudos, formerly used in Spain. |
| Any of several gold coins used in various European countries until the late 19th century. |
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Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d'Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin. One pistole was worth approximately ten livres or three écus, but higher figures are also seen.The coin appears repeatedly in Dumas' fiction. He has his character state, in The Three Musketeers set in the 1620s, that one hundred pistoles were worth a thousand livres tournois when Athos bargains for the horse he takes to the battle of La Rochelle.It was also referred to by Raphael Sabatini; who wrote 'swashbuckling' tales of the 17th and 18th centuries; in his book, St Martin's Summer. * A coin with this name was minted in Scotland in 1701, under William III, with a weight of 106 grains (c.6.84 g) and a value of 12 pounds Scots.The coin gave its name to the town of Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, where according to local legend an explorer lost a |