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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 rix-dollar
 從前在荷蘭,德國等使用的銀幣

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rix-dol·lar n.  A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.
 Note: ☞ Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation.
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