doubloon

     

The wor doubloon (from Spanish doblón, meaning double), meaning a double-sided token coin, often refers to a seven-gram (0.225 troy ounce) gold coin minted in Spain, Mexico, Peru, or 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. Later, it referred to a coin worth two escudos (0.1905 troy ounce gold), first minted in 1566, during the reign of Philip II of Spain.

Trivia about doubloon

  • An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles
  • It was a gold coin of Spain used during the 1600s
  • This gold coin of Spain was once worth 8 escudos

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