W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

Catalogue of European Denominations 193
Dalar, the Polish form of thaler, first struck under Sigismund III.,
1587-1632, and = 30 groschen.
Daler, a copper coin of fictive value in the Swedish series, 1715-19.
There are pieces of this character struck in the lifetime of Charles XII.
anonymously, the majority under the auspices of Baron Gorst, who ended
by placing his head on one of them, and subsequently on the block.
The daler with the baron's portrait, 1719, is scarce.
Danaro, the Italian form of denier, and current in the Peninsula in
various States or other centres with local modifications. At Venice
alone, in the course of about 200 years, as many as 24 varieties of the
coin were struck under imperial authority, or at least with the titular
sanction of successive emperors. The danaro and its moiety continued
to be the sole ordinary currency till the grosso was introduced. Multiples
of the d. itself were struck, however, long after that period. As late as
1755, Honore III. Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, issued a piece of 8
danari in copper. Comp. Denariits and Denier.
Dauphin, grand and petit, two denominations in billon struck under
Charles VII. of France for Dauphiny. The legend adds to the titles Et.
Dalphs. Vienesis.
Davidsharp, the gold florin or goudgulden struck by David of
Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, 1455-96, with the effigy of St. David and
his harp. There is the double florin of this type.
Decime, a French revolutionary copper coin, of which several patterns
exist, equal to 10 centimes. One was issued for Louis XVIII. at Strasburgh
in 1815. It was also struck in 1838 for Monaco, and in 1840 for
France, as a pattern for a proposed new copper coinage under Louis
Philippe. Comp. Dixain.
Dei Gratia, a formula, which appears on the legends of mediaeval
coins at least from the 9th c. Eudes, King of France, 887-98, styles
himself Gratia Domini Rex. A gros tournois of Gui de Luxemburgh,
Count of St. Pol, goes somewhat farther than usual, and completes the
self-complacent assumption by reading on the obv. in an inner circle
Gracia Domini Dei nri : Factvs Sum, which may, after all, refer to the
fabrication of the coin. It was a phrase which originated in the politic
alliance between Church and State, and which recommended itself to
the secular authority as a strengthening influence and an unimpeachable
sanction. Yet it never became general, and is frequently absent from
the currencies of those princes who nominally, at all events, exercised a
vicarious office under the Crown.
Delia giustizia, a silver type of the
rev. Ivstitia. Et. Pax.
Rep. of Lucca, 1 8th c., having on
Denar, the modern Serbian franc or lira = the Roumanian lev. Comp.
Dinar.
Denaretto, a name given at Arezzo and elsewhere to the denaro or
danaro of small module. It is virtually = obolo.
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