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Definition of Doubloons
1. doubloon [n] - See also: doubloon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doubloons
Literary usage of Doubloons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"Cork, Ц. Price* of Gold and Silver, per ox.—Foreign gold, in bare, £3 : 17 : 0
per oz. New doubloons, £0:0: Ou. New Dolían, 4s. 94<L Silver in bars, stand. ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Bailments: With Illustrations from the Civil and by Joseph Story, James Schouler (1878)
"A master of a ship had gratuitously taken charge of and received on board of his
vessel, a box containing doubloons and other valuables, belonging to a ..."
3. The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates: Embracing a Long Life on Shipboard by Joseph Bates (1868)
"... Prisoners—Search for Money—doubloons Boiling with Salt Beef-—Crew and Passengers
Released— Season of Prayer—Arrival at Rio Janeiro—Bethel Meeting—Rio ..."
4. The Court of France in the Sixteenth Century, 1514-1539 by lady Catherine Hannah Charlotte Jackson (1896)
"Journeying Toward the Sea. — A Halt in the Preparations.— Europe Astounded.— The
Feast of Pentecost. — Europe's Mightiest Prince.—The Old Spanish doubloons. ..."
5. Tate's Modern Cambist: A Manual of Foreign Exchanges and Bullion, with the by William Tate, Harry Tucker Easton (1908)
"3rf. per oz.; in Paris Fr. 82 35 cents, each. Required the arbitrated rate of
exchange. ? = 20 Shillings. *75i = 1 ounce. 868 = 1000 doubloons. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Spanish Painters: Comprehending that Part of Their Biography by A. O'Neil (1834)
"... that he was employed on various embellishing pomps for the holy week, and that
on the occasion he was paid a hundred and twenty gold doubloons.—Seville. ..."
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