testoon

English

Etymology

From Italian testone. See tester (“a coin”).

Noun

testoon (plural testoons)

1. An old Italian silver coin.
   • 1985, Lorne Campbell, The early Flemish pictures in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen:

     […] a half testoon of the Swiss Federation minted at Bellinzona […]

2. (obsolete) The English silver shilling.

Anagrams

• tostone