[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

banco \ban"co\, n. it. see bank.
   a bank, especially that of venice.
   1913 webster

   note: this term is used in some parts of europe to indicate
         bank money, as distinguished from the current money,
         when this last has become depreciated.
         1913 webster
see also:
bank 

[2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

banco. a commercial term, adopted from the italian, used to distinguish bank 
money from the common currency; as $1000, 

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