Spanish dollar
Colonial silver currency
The Spanish dollar was a silver coin minted by the Spanish Empire from the late 15th through the 19th century, widely used in international trade and accepted as legal tender across the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
Also called the piece of eight because it could be divided into eight reales, it became a de facto world currency and directly influenced the creation of the U.S. dollar.
The Spanish dollar circulated freely in the American colonies.
Maritime thief or bootlegger
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
plunder · hoard · shipwreck · doubloon · chest · loot · salvage · pieces of eight
Historic Spanish silver coin
- pesoLatin American currency
- realTruly existing, not fake
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
- galleonsMulti-decked sailing warships
treasure fleet · encomienda · conquistadors · mint · assay · colonial trade · specie · bullion
Officially recognized payment medium
- circulationMovement through a system
- denominationNamed religious group
- coinageInvented term or currency
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
peso · real · thaler · specie · world currency · bimetallic · medium of exchange
Trade policy favoring exports
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- exportForeign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
- specieMoney in metal form
exchange · maritime trade · trading post · merchant · cargo · globalization · commodities · trans-Pacific
pirate
Maritime thief or bootlegger
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
galleon · plunder · hoard · shipwreck · doubloon · chest · loot · salvage · pieces of eight · buccaneer
piece of eight
Historic Spanish silver coin
- pesoLatin American currency
- realTruly existing, not fake
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
galleons · treasure fleet · encomienda · conquistadors · mint · assay · colonial trade · specie · bullion · silver mine
legal tender
Officially recognized payment medium
- circulationMovement through a system
- denominationNamed religious group
- coinageInvented term or currency
exchange rate · peso · real · thaler · specie · world currency · bimetallic · medium of exchange
mercantilism
Trade policy favoring exports
specie · exchange · maritime trade · trading post · merchant · cargo · globalization · commodities · trans-Pacific · trade route
bullion
Precious metal in bulk
mining · ingot · mint · ore · refining · smelting · purity · hallmark · silver standard · precious metal
- coinspennies, leu, silver eagles, nickels, ban
- currency historygold standard, silver standard, bimetallism, fiat money, fiat currency
- colonial moneypaper money, paper currency, piece of eight, pieces of eight, wampum
- American coinsdouble eagle, gold eagle, half dime, half cent
- thalers
Spanish dollarcryptocurrency
Encrypted decentralized money
Bitcoin · digital currency · modern currency · virtual currency · US dollar
Spanish dollarcryptocurrency
Encrypted decentralized money
Bitcoin · digital currency · fiat money · paper money · bank transfer