Billon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An alloy of gold or silver with a greater proportion of another metal, such as copper, used in making coins.
  • n. An alloy of silver with a high percentage of copper, used in making medals and tokens.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that is used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Gold or silver alloyed with copper in large proportions, so as to make a base metal.
  • n. Coin struck from an alloy over half copper.
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