gold doubloons
Spanish colonial coins
Gold doubloons were Spanish gold coins circulated from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, worth two escudos.
The term now evokes pirate treasure and adventure stories more than actual currency: The chest was filled with gold doubloons.
Doubloon comes from a Spanish word meaning double, referring to the coin's value.
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- treasure chestLocked box for valuables
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- pirate shipSeafaring raiders' vessel
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Currency in bill form
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