‖ krone
(ˈkroːnə)
[Ger. krone (pl. kronen), Da. krone (pl. kroner), Sw. krona (pl. kronor) crown: cf. crown n. 8.]
1. A silver coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, containing 100 öre.
| 1875 Jevons Money viii. 72 Some merchants [of Sweden] are said already to keep their accounts in kroner and öre. 1884 Pall Mall G. 26 Sept. 5/1 For the past business year the Norwegian National Bank shows accounts which leave a balance of 2,232,919 kroner (say {pstlg}125,000). |
2. The 10 mark gold piece of the German Empire.
| 1898 Whitaker's Almanac 695 [Earlier edd. ‘crown’]. |
3. A silver coin of the monetary system of the Austrian Empire, = 100 heller.
| [1895: see heller1.] 1898 Whitaker's Almanac 695 [Earlier edd. ‘crown’]. |