moidore

The moidore was worth six pieces of eight, the pistole four, the johannes eight.

Here's gold moidore from Virginia—here—no, not that—that's keepsakes the girls gave me.

On one occasion General Stone, the authority for the previous anecdote, crossed the ferry and offered a moidore in payment.

Now let us go and sell the mantle, the gold alone is well worth a moidore.

The moidore and the johannes were Portuguese coins, the pistole Spanish.