||Scu"do (?), n.; pl.
Scudi (#). [It., a crown, a dollar, a shield, fr. L.
scutum a shield. Cf. Scute.] (Com.)
(a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in
Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth
about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth
about the same. (b) A gold coin of Rome,
worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
||Scu"do (?), n.; pl.
Scudi (#). [It., a crown, a dollar, a shield, fr. L.
scutum a shield. Cf. Scute.] (Com.)
(a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in
Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth
about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth
about the same. (b) A gold coin of Rome,
worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.