stelo
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 5
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Definition of stelo
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A monetary unit of Esperantists from 1945 to 1993, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency.
“One stelo theoretically equals in value of one kilogram of bread. […] The five steloj, 1959 (60), obverse shows a world globe symbolizing the unity of mankind. […] Most Esperantists use International Reply Coupons for the purposes for which stelo coins were intended, he added.”
“More patterns were issued in 1959, these in 1-, 5- and 10-steloj denominations. The piece shown here is a 25-steloj coin issued in Poland in 1965.”
“Stelo fantasy coins were minted in several other denominations: a series from 1959, for example, features a bronze 1 stelo, an aluminum-bronze 5 steloj, and a copper-nickel 10 steloj.”
“The first coins were minted in 1959 by the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht in the denominations of one, five and ten steloj. […] In 1965 a fourth type of coin was added to the former with a nominal value of 25 steloj. […] Silver and gold varieties of the 25-stelo coins were also produced.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Esperanto stelo. Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stella; related to aster and star.
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