doubloon
(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
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(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like …
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