Definition for TES-TOON'

TES-TOON', n.

A silver coin in Italy and Portugal. In Florenee, the testoon is worth two lire or three paoli, about seventeen pence sterling, or thirty-two cents. At Lisbon, the festoon, as a money of account, is valued at 100 rees, about seven pence sterling, or twelve and a half cents.

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