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The first ordinance officially devaluing the Spanish non-colonial real came out in 1642, with the real provincial debased from 67 to 83 + 3 ⁄ 4 to a mark of silver (hence, 10 reales to the dollar). Actual coins worth 1 ⁄ 2 , 1, 2, 4 and 8 reales provincial (the latter worth 4 ⁄ 5 of a dollar and called peso maria ) were minted in 1686 and ...
The silver real (Spanish: real de plata) was the currency of the Spanish colonies in America and the Philippines. In the seventeenth century the silver real was established at two billon reales (reales de vellón) or sixty-eight maravedíes. Gold escudos (worth 16 reales) were also issued.
Real Angolan real – Angola; Argentine real – Argentina; Azorean real – Azores; Brazilian real (old) – Brazil; Brazilian real – Brazil; Cape Verde real – Cape Verde; Central American Republic real – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua; Colombian real – Colombia; Ecuadorian real – Ecuador; Gibraltar real ...
These are community currencies (also known as "local currencies") in Canada. Billet Local d'Échange (BLÉ; 2018–present; Québec City) Bow Chinook Hour (1996–2002; replaced by CalgaryDollars.ca – present) Brampton dollars (1973) Calgary Dollars (1996, 2002–present) [1] Chemainus Dollars (2010–2021) Chouenne (2021–present ...
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.
Although the adoption of the peso to replace the colonial real dates back to 1817, with the beginning of the New Fatherland period, the Spanish currency system continued to be used, in which 8 reales were equal to 1 peso and 2 pesos to 1 escudo. In 1835, copper coins denominated in centavos were introduced, but it was not until 1851 that the ...
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The 1566 reform also provided for a silver 8-real coin, the real de a ocho or peso duro (which had already been minted in Spain in limited number). This coin, 39–40 mm, 27·468 g, containing 25·561 g pure silver, was now struck in the Indies, at Lima from 1568 and at Mexico City from 1572.