Hypertext Webster Gateway: "levies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Levy \Lev"y\ (-[y^]), n.; pl. {Levies} (-[i^]z). [A contr. of
elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.]
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 121/2
cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at
7s. 6d.
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