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Definition of Billon
1. n. An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.
Definition of Billon
1. Noun. Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that is used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Billon
1. an alloy of silver and copper [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billon
Literary usage of Billon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Money and the Mechanism of Exchange by William Stanley Jevons (1919)
"billon Coin. Pennies and twopenny pieces, if now made of standard silver, like
the Maundy money, would be too small and light for use, weighing respectively ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"It is otherwise in the case of billon. When a Frenchman pays live francs for an
... In England, where silver coin is considered billon, the nominal value of ..."
3. An Essay on the Roman Denarius and English Silver Penny: Shewing Their by William Till (1838)
"Of this queen we find a billon Penny, with head full faced. ... This word, billon,
having frequently been made use of, it may perhaps be necessary to ..."
4. Roman Antiquities at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire: Being a Posthumous Work by William Hiley Bathurst (1879)
"billon The same. Rev. : Figure standing, holding a spear in one hand, ...
billon The same. Rev. : Female figure, holding a cornucopia and rudder. ..."
5. Historical Essays in Connexion with the Land, the Church, &c. by Eben William Robertson (1872)
"The literal meaning of the word Vellon, from which billon is derived, is wool,
and the Vellon coinage of Spain would thus appear to have been originally a ..."
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