< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
PISTOLE, the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit, and was worth 16s. 11¼d. sterling. 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.
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