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  2. Spanish escudo - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Spanish real - Wikipedia

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    Coins were minted in Spain in copper 1, 2, 4 and 8 maravedíes, in silver coins equivalent to 1, 2, 4, 10 and 20 reales de vellón since 1737, and in gold coins equivalent to 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos. New coins introduced after the 1850 decimalization include copper 5, 10 and 25 céntimos de real as well as a new gold 100-real (5-dollar ...

  4. Welsh gold - Wikipedia

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    Welsh gold is not a unique material substance. It is chemically identical to gold mined anywhere else. [1][2] Its name is purely derived from the place it was mined, not the place it was created, or for any scientific reason. [3] In North Wales gold is often found in a band stretching from Barmouth, past Dolgellau and up towards Snowdonia.

  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. Coin grading - Wikipedia

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    Coin grading. Coin grading[1] is the process of determining the grade or condition of a coin, one of the key factors in determining its collectible value. A coin's grade is generally determined by six criteria: strike, preservation, luster, color, attractiveness, and occasionally the country/state in which it was minted.

  7. Pyrite - Wikipedia

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    Pyrite is the most common of sulfide minerals and is widespread in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. It is a common accessory mineral in igneous rocks, where it also occasionally occurs as larger masses arising from an immiscible sulfide phase in the original magma. It is found in metamorphic rocks as a product of contact metamorphism.