piefort

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piefort (plural pieforts)

  1. Alternative form of piedfort (unusually thick coin)
    • 2003, Joel Mokyr, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, volume 5, page 549:
      Comparison with struck samples, either pieforts or actual coins of known authenticity, was the best basis for identifying coins of forgers' mints or imitative coins from other state mints.