Pistole Vz. 24
Pistole is the French name given to a Spain, Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a doubloon or double Spanish escudo, escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d'Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin. One pistole was worth approximately ten French livre, livres or three écus, but higher figures are also seen. The derivation is uncertain; the term may come from the Czech language, Czech ''píšťala'' ("whistle", a term for a hand cannon), or from the Italian town of Pistoia; either way, it was originally spelled ''pistolet'' and originated in military slang, and probably has the same root as pistol. A small number of gold pistoles and double pistoles were minted in Ireland in 1646, during the Irish Confederate Wars and the reign of Charles I of England, Charles I. James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond authorised the issue in order to prevent troop defections, as there was a shortage of silver coi ...
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