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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. Spanish escudo - Wikipedia

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    The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535/1537, with coins denominated in escudos issued until 1833. It was initially worth 16 reales . When different reales were introduced, the escudo became worth 16 reales de plata in 1642, then 16 reales de plata fuerte or 40 reales de vellón from 1737.

  4. Spanish real - Wikipedia

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    Coins were minted in both Spain and Latin America from the 16th to 19th centuries in silver 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 reales nacionales and in gold 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos. The silver 8-real coin was known as the Spanish dollar (as the coin was minted to the specifications of the thaler of the Holy Roman Empire and Habsburg monarchy ), peso ...

  5. Spanish colonial real - Wikipedia

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    Spanish colonial real. The silver real (Spanish: real de plata) was the currency of the Spanish colonies in America and the Philippines. In the seventeenth century the silver real was established at two billon reales (reales de vellón) or sixty-eight maravedíes. Gold escudos (worth 16 reales) were also issued.

  6. Spanish gold Lynx - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish gold lynx or Spanish doubloon (name for the entire lynx series and successors) is a gold bullion coin issued by the Kingdom of Spain, minted for the first time in 2021 for the Spanish Royal Mint. Its grade is pure gold 999.9 (24 carats) according to Provision 14038 of BOE no. 198 of 2021. The quality of its minting is Proof Reverse ...

  7. 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.

  8. 1715 Treasure Fleet - Wikipedia

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    8 reales Mexican silver cob, full date 1715, recovered from the 1715 fleet Rare 8 escudos lima dated 1710, recovered from the 1715 Fleet. The 1715 Treasure Fleet was actually a combination of two Spanish treasure fleets returning from the New World to Spain, the "Nueva España Fleet", under Captain-General Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla, and the "Tierra Firme Fleet", under Don Antonio de Echeverz ...

  9. Archaeologists Found a Secret Stash of Gold Coins That ...

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    Archaeologists Found a Secret Stash of Gold Coins That Rewrite the History of War. Gold coins buried in a small pot and dated to the fifth century B.C. were discovered in modern-day Turkey ...