Abbey crown
A Scottish gold coin of 20 shillings issued under King James V in 1526.
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Abbey-piece
A coin or token associated with a medieval monastery or abbey.
Dead country
A former country whose coins or notes survive after the state no longer exists.
Death dollar
Nickname for Canada’s 1958 British Columbia commemorative silver dollar because its reverse totem pole was misread by some viewers as a symbol of death.
Decadrachm
A decadrachm is a large ancient Greek silver coin valued at ten drachms.