Bullion vs Billon - What's the difference?
bullion | billon |
A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
(obsolete) base or uncurrent coin
* Sylvester
(obsolete) showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
* Skelton
(obsolete) A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
(Webster 1913)
Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that is used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.
As nouns the difference between bullion and billon
is that bullion is a bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots while billon is any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that is used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.bullion
English
Noun
- And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, / And damn for bullion , go for current now.
- The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound.