[Ger. krone (pl. kronen), Da. krone (pl. kroner), Sw. krona (pl. kronor) crown: cf. CROWN sb. 8.]

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  1.  A silver coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of 1s. 11/2d., containing 100 öre.

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1875.  Jevons, Money, viii. 72. Some merchants [of Sweden] are said already to keep their accounts in kroner and öre.

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1884.  Pall Mall Gaz., 26 Sept., 5/1. For the past business year the Norwegian National Bank shows accounts which leave a balance of 2,232,919 kröner (say £125,000).

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  2.  The 10 mark gold piece of the modern German Empire.

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1898.  Whitaker’s Almanac, 695 [Earlier edd. ‘crown’].

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  3.  A silver coin of the new monetary system of Austria, = 100 heller, or 10d. sterling.

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[1895:  see HELLER.]

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1898.  Whitaker’s Almanac, 695 [Earlier edd. ‘crown’].

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