sicca

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sicca - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sicca \Sic"ca\, n. [Ar. sikka.]
     A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the
     silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of
     192 grains.
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     Sicca rupee, an East Indian coin, valued nominally at about
        two shillings sterling, or fifty cents.
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