Definition of Doblon

1. a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America [n -S or -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doblon

dobbers
dobbie
dobbies
dobbin
dobbing
dobbins
dobby
dobchick
dobchicks
dobhash
dobhashes
dobie
dobies
dobla
doblas
doblon (current term)
doblones
doblons
dobra
dobras
dobro
dobros
dobs
dobson
dobson fly
dobsonflies
dobsonfly
dobsons
dobule
dobules

Literary usage of Doblon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the by Jean-François Bourgoing, Jean-François Peyron (1789)
"... THE PRESENT STATE The half doblon of gold. ... value of half the demi- doblon, ... ter of the doblon of gold, that is a hundred fols, (45. ad. ..."

2. Tate's Modern Cambist: A Manual of Foreign Exchanges and Bullion, with the by William Tate, Harry Tucker Easton (1908)
"Formerly the principal gold coin was the old doblon or Quadruple or gold Onza, ... Sd. The other gold coins were the Media Onza, the doblon de 80 = 80 Reals ..."

3. Tate's Modern Cambist: Forming a Manual of Foreign Exchanges by [William] Tate (1874)
"The principal gold coin formerly was the old doblon, or quadrupel, ... The other gold coins were the media onza, or half ounce, or doblon de ochenta — 80 ..."

4. A Year in Spain by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1831)
"The highest gold coin, the ounce or doblon of eight, is equal to sixteen dollars; the doblon of four is equal to eight dollars; ..."

5. A Year in Spain: By a Young American by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1836)
"The highest gold coin, the ounce, or doblon of eight, is equal to sixteen dollars; the doblon of four is equal to eight dollars ..."

6. A Counting-house Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the Technical by Richard Bithell (1903)
"doblon or Doubloon. Literally a " double one" referring to the monetary unit ... The Isabella doubloon (doblon d-Isabel) still circulating in Spain (value ..."

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