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SEQUIN (the French form of Ital. zecchino, zecchino d'oro) , the name of a Venetian gold coin, first minted about 128o, and in use until the fall of the Venetian Republic. It was worth about nine shillings. It bore on the obverse a figure of St Mark blessing the banner of the republic, held by a kneeling doge, and on the reverse
Milan and Genoa also issued gold sequins. The word in Italian was formed from zecca, Span. zeta, a mint
rupee , containing more silver than the East
India
Company
rupee , coined in 1793 by the Bengal
term
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