Hypertext Webster Gateway: "billon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Billon \Bil`lon"\, n. [F. Cf. {Billet} a stick.]
An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper
or other base metal, used in coinage.
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