DOUBLOON

Doubloon

The doubloon, was a two-escudo or 32-reales gold coin, weighing 6.77 grams . Doubloons were minted in Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Nueva Granada. The term was first used to describe the golden excelente either because of its value of two ducats or because of the double portrait of Ferdinand and Isabella.

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doubloon

Noun

  1. A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.


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