Category:Rix-dollar

Rix"-dol`lar, n. Etym: [sw. riksdaler, or dan. rigsdaler, or d. Rijksdaalder, or g. reichsthaler, literally, dollar of the empire or Realm, fr. words akin to e. rich, and dollar. See rich, dollar.]

Defn: a name given to several different silver coins of denmark, Holland, sweden,, norway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents To $1.10; also, a british coin worth about 36 cents, used in ceylon And at the cape of good hope. See rigsdaler, riksdaler, and rixdaler.

Note: most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain In circulation.