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The doubloon (from Spanish doblón, or "double", i.e. double escudo) was a two-escudo gold coin worth approximately $4 (four Spanish dollars) or 32 reales, [1] and weighing 6.766 grams (0.218 troy ounce) of 22-karat gold (or 0.917 fine; hence 6.2 g fine gold).
The Brasher Doubloon is a rare American doubloon of eight escudos worth ... and the $16 coin the doubloon of ... it was the most money ever paid for a coin ...
The Spanish dollar, also known as the piece of eight (Spanish: real de a ocho, dólar, peso duro, peso fuerte or peso), is a silver coin of approximately 38 mm (1.5 in) diameter worth eight Spanish reales. It was minted in the Spanish Empire following a monetary reform in 1497 with content 25.563 g (0.8219 ozt) fine silver.
Coins worth a lot of money include the 1933 Double Eagle, 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar, 1787 Brasher Doubloon, 1861 Paquet Liberty Head Double Eagle and 1913 Liberty Head Nickel.
Check Out: 3 Coins From the 1950s That Are Worth a Lot of Money. ... could hold a rare collectible ranging from a normal-looking 2004 Wisconsin state quarter to a 1787 Brasher doubloon.
The first doubloons used as throws from parades of Mardi Gras Krewes date to 1960, and these early doubloons are collectible. [1] Mardi Gras doubloons were first created by New Orleans artist and entrepreneur H. Alvin Sharpe in 1959. [2] Sharpe had his own metal dies for striking the doubloons from aluminum blanks.
Though the King Seeley "Yellow Submarine" lunchbox from 1968 is worth up to $1,300, an original Smokey Bear lunchbox from the early 1970s can go for over $1,100 on eBay. The most valuable ...
Gold coins were issued in denominations of 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos, with the 2 escudos coin known as the doubloon.Between 1809 and 1849, coins denominated as 80, 160 and 320 reales (de vellon) were issued, equivalent, in gold content and value, to the 2, 4 and 8 escudo coins.