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  2. Doubloon - Wikipedia

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    The doubloon (from Spanish doblón, or "double", i.e. double escudo) was a two- escudo gold coin worth approximately $4 (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). [2][3] Doubloons were minted in Spain and the viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, and ...

  3. Solidus (coin) - Wikipedia

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    This design of the emperor with the spear over his shoulder was the conventional portrait for over a century in the Eastern Roman Empire, from AD 395 to 537. The solidus (Latin 'solid'; pl.: solidi) or nomisma (Greek: νόμισμα, nómisma, lit. 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire.

  4. Spanish dollar - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish dollar, also known as the piece of eight (Spanish: real de a ocho, dólar, peso duro, peso fuerte or peso), is a silver coin of approximately 38 mm (1.5 in) diameter worth eight Spanish reales. It was minted in the Spanish Empire following a monetary reform in 1497 with content 25.563 g (0.8219 ozt) fine silver.

  5. Florin - Wikipedia

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    Florin. The Florentine florin was a gold coin (in Italian Fiorino d'oro) struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. [1] It had 54 grains (3.499 grams, 0.1125 troy ounces) of nominally pure or 'fine' gold [2] with a purchasing power difficult to estimate (and variable) but ...

  6. Noble (English coin) - Wikipedia

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    Finally, in 1464 in an attempt to stop the coins drifting over to the continent, the value of all gold nobles was raised from six shillings and eight pence (6/8 or 80 pence) to eight shillings and four pence (8/4 or 100 pence), and a new coin, the "Rose Noble, or Royal" worth ten shillings and weighing 120 grains (7.8 grams) was introduced ...

  7. Gold coin - Wikipedia

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    Gold coin. A gold coin is a coin that is made mostly or entirely of gold. Most gold coins minted since 1800 are 90–92% gold (22‑ karat), while most of today's gold bullion coins are pure gold, such as the Britannia, Canadian Maple Leaf, and American Buffalo. Alloyed gold coins, like the American Gold Eagle and South African Krugerrand, are ...

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