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

224 The Coins of Europe
Piedquailloux, the sobriquet of a Hard struck under Henry IV. of
France, having H. crowned between three Us, and on rev. a hollow
cross.
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Pierregordin. See Pcregozi.
Pignatelles, the term applied to the pieces of 6 blanques struck by
various personages in France during the political anarchy about 1 586,
and down to 1
595 or later. They were nominally = 24 deniers, but fell to
half their value.
Pilarte, a billon coin of Portugal, first struck by Fernando I., 1367-83,
and = 2 dinheiros.
Pinto, a gold Portuguese coin of the i8th c = 4oo reis. There is one
of 1721. It was = the cruzado nuevo of later date.
*Pistareen, Spanish, silver, value iod.; the fifth of the dollar, 4 reales.
Pistole=% thaler, a very early gold denomination of Spanish origin,
and thence introduced into the coinage of the Netherlands under the
house of Nassau ;
into the Duchy of Lorraine (the pistole, the double,
and the half) under Charles III. (1545-1608) into the Scotish currency
;
during the colonisation of Darien and into Switzerland. The canton of
;
Geneva had the pistole and the triple pistole. There is also a pistole of
the first King of Wiirtemburg, 1810, and a double one of Carl, Duke of
Brunswick, 1828, with Zehnthaler on rev. The lo-thaler piece of Jerome
Napoldon, King of Westphalia, 1812, is sometimes called a double
pistole.
Pite, or pougeoise, an early currency of Savoy under the Count
Aimon (1329-43). The unit was = i obole ; 4 made a fcrt or fort dlane
and 12 a gros domain. The value is indicated by points.
Plappart, early currency of some of the Swiss cantons and of the city
of Strasburgh. There is the half. A plappart of 1424 for St. Gall is the
oldest dated piece in the Swiss series. Berne relinquished the type in
1528. Comp. Blappert.
Plaque, plak, or plack, the ^ butken or ^ groot; a billon coin of which
the value probably varied in different places at different periods. There
is a piece of 12 plakken struck by Philip II. in 1560 for Overijssel.
Plaque, great or grande, a billon or silver coin current, 1 4th- 1 5th c.,
in Brabant, the Bishopric of Liege, Lorraine, and France. There is an
extremely rare one of Marie de Blois, Regent of Lorraine, 1346-48. The
g. pi. was first struck in France under Charles VII. (1422-61).
Plaqitette, a silver coin of the Bishopric of Lie"ge, i6th c. Sch., Cat.
ix. 464. The diminutive of plague.
Plotar, a Swedish siege-piece of 1715 and 1747 in copper, intended to
pass for a silver daler or \ daler.
Poillevilain, a nickname given to the gros tournois a la queue, struck
under Jean le Bon, 1350-64, after the master of the royal mint.
Poitcvin, a name given to the denier current in the ancient county of
Poitou. In 1265 Alphonse, brother of Louis IX., struck as Count of P.
poitevins nouveaux with a demi-lis for France and the arms of Castile,
and the legend Pictavie. Et. Thol. (Poitou and Toulouse).
Polk, pi. polker, a billon currency of Brandenburg and of the Kings of
Sweden for East Prussia and Poland. See Driepolker.
*Polpoltin, Russian, silver, the quarter rouble.
Poltina, or poltinink, a Russian silver coin = rouble.
Poltorak, a Polish denomination for the 24th of the talar. It may be
the same as \hepolturat, described by Whelan as Hungarian copper.
Poltur, pi. poltura, money of necessity of Hungary and Transylvania,