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- noun Plural form of
carolin .
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Examples
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Legorno to Castilla de la mar, which is but 16 milesfrom Naples, and the ready way to Candia, you may lade hoopes, which will cost carolins of Naples 27 and a halfe the thousand, which is ducats two and a halfe of Spaine.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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A mongrel collection of coins could be found, passing at varying rates in the different States -- English pounds, shillings and pence, Spanish dollars, joes, half-joes, pistoles and moidores, French guineas, carolins and chequins -- but no United States coins.
The United States of America, Part 1 Edwin Erle Sparks 1892
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Of gold pieces there were the johannes, or joe, the doubloon, the moidore, and pistole, with English and French guineas, carolins, ducats, and chequins.
The Critical Period of American History John Fiske 1871
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Also from Legorno to Castilla de la mar, which is but 16 milesfrom Naples, and the ready way to Candia, you may lade hoopes, which will cost carolins of Naples 27 and a halfe the thousand, which is ducats two and a halfe of Spaine.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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i hate to even tell people i'm from south carolins these days.
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