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  1. #WordOfTheDay DANEGELD \DANE.geld\ n. a tax collected in Anglo-Saxon times to pay off Viking raiders; also DANEGELT... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… about 12 hours ago via web
  2. #WordOfTheDay WAMPUM \WOM.pum\ n. beads used as a trading currency with natives in parts of colonial North America... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 5:57 PM May 27th via web
  3. #WordOfTheDay SIMOLEON \suh.MOW.lee.un\. n. an old US slang term for one dollar... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 4:30 PM May 26th via web
  4. #WordOfTheDay DALASI \dah.LAH.see\ n. the basic unit of currency of Gambia... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 5:45 PM May 25th via web
  5. #WordOfTheDay USURY \YOO.zhuh.ree\ n. the lending of money at excessive, often unlawful, interest rates... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 2:47 PM May 24th via web
  6. #WordOfTheDay KUNA \KOO.nuh\ n. the basic monetary unit of Croatia, pl. KUNA or KUNE... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 6:11 PM May 23rd via web
  7. #WordOfTheDay SOM \sohm\ n. the basic monetary unit of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan...http://wordbuff.com/word-of-the-day-som 3:09 PM May 22nd via web
  8. #WordOfTheDay PIEDFORT \pee.AY.for\ n. a specially minted coin that is much thicker and heavier than normal... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 12:23 PM May 21st via web
  9. #WordOfTheDay UNIFACE \YOO.nee.face\ n. a coin that is blank on one side... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 9:10 AM May 20th via web
  10. #WordOfTheDay BROCKAGE \BROK.ij\ n. a particular type of misprinted coin... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 11:58 AM May 19th via web
  11. #WordOfTheDay KYAT \chaat or kee.ART\ n. the basic monetary unit of Myanmar (Burma)... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 10:50 AM May 18th via web
  12. #WordOfTheDay ECU \AY.kue or ay.KUE\ n. the name of an old French gold coin, adopted by several others since... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 11:49 AM May 17th via web
  13. #WordOfTheDay EXERGUE \ig.ZURG or ek.SURG\ n. a small inscription on a coin, usually below the emblem on one side... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 3:21 AM May 16th via web
  14. #WordOfTheDay DOUBLOON \dub.LOON\ n. an old Spanish gold coin used from the 16th to the 19th century... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 12:49 PM May 15th via web
  15. #WordOfTheDay DRACHMA \DRAK.muh\ n. a former monetary unit of Greece... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 5:13 PM May 14th via web
  16. #WordOfTheDay BAKSHEESH \BAK.sheesh\ n. the offering of a small sum of money in parts of Asia and the Middle East... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 12:00 PM May 13th via web
  17. #WordOfTheDay RIYAL \ree.AAL\ the basic monetary unit of Saudi Arabia and Qatar... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 4:45 PM May 12th via web
  18. #WordOfTheDay RUFIYAA \ROO.fee.yah\ n. the standard monetary unit of the Maldives... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 7:10 AM May 11th via web
  19. #WordOfTheDay XU \soo\ n. an old unit of Vietnamese currency... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 6:13 PM May 10th via web
  20. #WordOfTheDay NGULTRUM \eng.GUL.trum\ n. the basic monetary unit used in Bhutan... wordbuff.com/word-of-the-da… 5:12 PM May 9th via web
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