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The doubloon (from Spanish doblón, or "double", i.e. double escudo) was a two-escudo gold coin worth approximately four Spanish dollars or 32 reales, [1] and weighing 6.766 grams (0.218 troy ounce) of 22-karat gold (or 0.917 fine; hence 6.2 g fine gold).
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This record was broken by a Brasher Doubloon sold in January 2021 by Heritage Auctions for $9.36 million, a world record for a gold coin sold in a public auction. [ 8 ] The coin was the subject of Raymond Chandler 's Philip Marlowe 1942 mystery novel The High Window , [ 9 ] which was made into a film, Time to Kill , in 1942, [ 10 ] and The ...
Gold coins were issued in denominations of 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos, with the 2 escudos coin known as the doubloon.Between 1809 and 1849, coins denominated as 80, 160 and 320 reales (de vellon) were issued, equivalent, in gold content and value, to the 2, 4 and 8 escudo coins.
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A Romanian stamp from 1947 showing a face value of 12 Lei. The face value, sometimes called nominal value, is the value of a coin, bond, stamp or paper money as printed on the coin, stamp or bill itself [1] by the issuing authority. The face value of coins, stamps, or bill is usually its legal value.
The value of the escudo was raised on November 23, 1566 from 350 to 400 mrs, and multiples were introduced. The double escudo (doblón) was called a pistole in the rest of Europe and in England. The 8-escudo piece (onza de oro) was initially known as a double doubloon, then as a quadruple pistole, but eventually gained fame as the Spanish ...
This original design depicted a bust of Rex the King of Carnival on one side of the doubloon with the arms of the School of Design (the organization that stages the Rex Mardi Gras parade) on the other side. [4] The undated design was intentional so that the doubloons could be used as Mardi Gras throws in subsequent years. [4]