Since 2002 Spain has used the euro as its currency. Its coins are denominated in euro cents so the names are simply denominations; e.g. 2 euros, 10 cents, etc.Before the euro was adopted Spanish coins were denominated in pesetas.
On June 2, 1497 the Ordinance of Medina del Campo changed the name of Spanish money from the maravedí to coins. The coins were called the real, the excelente, the Blanca, and billon, known as vellón in Spanish.
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There were a few types of Spanish gold coins. Escudos, cobs, doubloons, doblas, dinars, florins, reales, maravedís, solidus, tremissis, and pesetas were each types of Spanish gold coins that circulated sometime between the 5th and 18th centuries. Gold coins were preferred to silver coins because they did not corrode.
euros and euro cents
The coins of Albania are called Lek.
A person who collects coins is called a numismatist.
Since 2002 Spain has used the euro as its currency. Its coins are denominated in euro cents so the names are simply denominations; e.g. 2 euros, 10 cents, etc.Before the euro was adopted Spanish coins were denominated in pesetas.
Pieces of Eight were Spanish coins.
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bronze coins!
Coins = Moeda