Spanish dollar

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bullion coin historical currency silver coin trade coin world currency

The Spanish dollar was a widely circulated silver coin that became a de facto global currency from the 16th to 19th centuries, heavily used in international trade across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spanish peso	2
Spanish dollar (as main trade coin)	1
Spanish dollar (gradually)	1
Spanish milled dollar	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bullion coin ⓘ historical currency ⓘ silver coin ⓘ trade coin ⓘ world currency ⓘ
alternativeName	Spanish dollar ⓘ surface form: Spanish peso peso de ocho ⓘ piece of eight ⓘ real de a ocho ⓘ
circulationStatus	widely circulated ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
faceValue	8 reales ⓘ
feature	consistent weight ⓘ high silver fineness ⓘ milled edge ⓘ
historicalRole	basis for many modern currencies ⓘ reference currency in foreign exchange rates ⓘ standard trade coin in East Asia ⓘ
influenced	Canadian dollar ⓘ Chinese yuan ⓘ Hong Kong dollar ⓘ Japanese yen ⓘ Mexican peso ⓘ Philippine peso ⓘ US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar various Latin American pesos ⓘ
legalStatus	legal tender in British North America ⓘ legal tender in the early United States ⓘ
material	silver ⓘ
mintedBy	Casa de Moneda de México ⓘ Royal Mint of Potosí ⓘ surface form: Potosí Mint Spanish colonial mints ⓘ
monetaryStandard	silver standard ⓘ
subdivision	reales ⓘ
usedAs	de facto global currency ⓘ
usedInContext	colonial trade ⓘ international trade ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
usedInPeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
usedInRegion	Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Caribbean ⓘ China ⓘ Europe ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Spanish America ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish dollar → alternativeName → Spanish dollar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish peso

United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) → basedOn → Spanish dollar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish milled dollar

New Jersey pound → coexistedWith → Spanish dollar ⓘ

Spanish galleon trade → currency → Spanish dollar ⓘ

Viceroyalty of New Spain → currency → Spanish dollar ⓘ

Viceroyalty of Peru → currency → Spanish dollar ⓘ

United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) → follows → Spanish dollar ⓘ

Philippine peso → namedAfter → Spanish dollar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish peso

United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) → parityWith → Spanish dollar ⓘ

Hong Kong dollar → replaced → Spanish dollar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish dollar (gradually)

piastre of French Indochina → replaced → Spanish dollar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish dollar (as main trade coin)