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Spanish American gold coins were minted in one-half, one, two, four, and eight escudo denominations, with each escudo worth around two Spanish dollars or $2. The two-escudo (or $4 coin) was the "doubloon" or "pistole", and the large eight-escudo (or $16) was a "quadruple pistole".
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 ...
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.
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 ...
There were major gold deposits in Colombia; a mint opened at Santa Fe de Bogotá in 1620, and it produced the first gold coins (cobs) in Spanish America in 1622. Unlike silver, the gold coins show the king's portrait obverse. A second illegal debasement of the cob coinage in the Viceroyalty of Peru in 1631–1648 was a major scandal.
The Pts 5 coin was nicknamed duro (hard), referencing the old peso duro. Pts 5 coins were called duros by every generation until the withdrawal of the peseta in 2002, and Spaniards would often informally account in that unit (e.g. using '20 duros' for Pts 100). Gold Pts 25 coins were introduced in 1876, followed by Pts 10 in 1878.
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