Britannia silver
English
Noun
Britannia
silver
(
uncountable
)
An
alloy
of more than 95.84%
silver
, and up to 4.16%
copper
; in use for
coin
from 1697 to 1720, it was
withdrawn
because it was too
soft
.
See also
sterling silver
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