doubloon

(dŭ-blūn')
n.
A gold coin formerly used in Spain and Spanish America.

[Spanish doblón, augmentative of dobla, Spanish coin, from Latin dupla, feminine of duplus, double.]

Doubloon was a Spanish gold piece, so called because its value was double that of a pistole (the vernacular term for the Spanish gold coin, equal to two escudos). Its value varied from $8.25 in the period 1730–1772, $8.00 during the American Revolution, and later to about $7.84 from 1786 to 1848. It was freely used in the West Indies and South American trade, and southerners in the colonial period often had their cash assets in Spanish gold.

Bibliography

Brock, Leslie V. The Currency of the American Colonies, 1700–1764: A Study in Colonial Finance and Imperial Relations. New York: Arno Press, 1975.

—Carl L. Cannon/A. R.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a former Spanish gold coin

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dublon, [sl.] gysser

Nederlands (Dutch)
oude Spaanse munt, dubloen

Français (French)
n. - doublon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dublone

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιστ.) δουβλόνι (νόμισμα)

Italiano (Italian)
doblone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - moeda (f) antiga espanhola

Русский (Russian)
дублон

Español (Spanish)
n. - antigua moneda de oro de España

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hist. dublon

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
达布隆金币

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 達布隆金幣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (고대의) 스페인 금화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ドブロン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عمله إسبانيه ذهبيه قديمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כסף, דובלון (מטבע)‬

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