doubloon

　 　

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1. a former Spanish gold coin

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1. (スペインなどで昔用いた)ダブロン金貨

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Spanish gold 4-doubloon coin (8 escudos), stamped as minted in Mexico city mint in 1798. Obverse: Carol.IIII.D.G. Hisp.et Ind.R. Reverse:.in.utroq.felix. .auspice.deo.fm.

History

The doubloon (from Spanish doblón, meaning "double") was an eight escudo gold coin. In 1537 eight escudos was set at 27.4680 grams of .92 fine gold (22-carat gold). 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.

In the New World Spanish gold coins were minted in one, two, four, and eight escudo denominations. The two escudo piece was called a "pistole,"; the large eight escudo coin was called a "quadruple pistole" or, at first, a double doubloon. English colonists would come to call it the Spanish doubloon.

After the War of 1812, doubloons were valued in Nova Scotia at the rate of £4 and became the dominant coin there.

Doubloons marked "2 S" are equivalent to four dollars in US gold coins and were traded in that manner. Small 1/2-escudo coins (similar to a US $1 gold piece) have no value marked on them but were worth a Spanish milled dollar in trade.

In Spain, doubloons were current up to the middle of the 19th century. Isabella II of Spain replaced an escudo-based coinage with decimal reales in 1859, and replaced the 6.77-gram doblón with a new heavier doblón worth 100 reales and weighing 8.3771 grams (0.268 troy ounces). The last Spanish doubloons (showing the denomination as 80 reales) were minted in 1849. After their independence, the former Spanish colonies of Mexico, Peru and Nueva Granada continued to mint doubloons.

Doubloons have also been minted in Portuguese colonies, where they went by the name dobrão, with the same meaning.

In Europe, the doubloon became the model for several other gold coins, including the French Louis d'or, the Italian doppia, the Swiss duplone, the Northern German pistole, and the Prussian Friedrich d'or.

See also

• Spanish dollar, also known as a piece of eight
• Brasher Doubloon

References

English Journal

• A new way of viewing homebound patients: translating research into practice.

• Teenier P, Sender S.SourceMedicare Operations, Gentiva Health Services, 13806 Doubloon Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78418, USA.
• Home healthcare nurse.Home Healthc Nurse.2006 Jun;24(6):377-80.
• PMID 16849943

• The clinician's role in Medicare prospective payment: Part 2--Case mix weight: how do I measure and improve?

• Teenier P.SourceGentiva Health Services, 13806 Doubloon Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78418, USA.
• Home healthcare nurse.Home Healthc Nurse.2004 Nov;22(11):754-6.
• PMID 15586057

Japanese Journal

• 批評の系譜 -19世紀における『タイピー』受容-

• 平野 温美
• 北見工業大学研究報告 31(2), 77-88, 2000-03
• … The Typee criticism written in English in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially on the issue of primitivism, reminds us of the different statements made by the Pequod crews looking at the same doubloon. …
• NAID 110000948667

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• Doubloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The doubloon (from Spanish doblon, meaning "double"), was a two-escudo or 32 -reales gold coin, weighing 6.77 grams (0.218 troy ounces). Doubloons were minted in Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Nueva Granada. The term was first used to ...

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