Rixdollar is the English term for silver coinage used throughout the European continent. The same term was also used of currency in Cape Colony and Ceylon. However, the Rixdollar only existed as a coin in Ceylon.

How much is a Rix dollar worth?

noun A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See rigsdaler , riksdaler , and rixdaler .

What is a Rix?

Rix, a Gaulish word meaning "king"; cognate with the ancient Gaelic word Rí, as well as the Latin Rex and the Sanskrit Rājan.