Seville Mint

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colonial-era mint mint

The Seville Mint was a major Spanish colonial-era mint in Seville that produced large quantities of silver coinage, including the famous Spanish dollar or "piece of eight," for global trade.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era mint ⓘ mint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Casa de la Moneda de Sevilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonial trade ⓘ transatlantic silver flows ⓘ
city	Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
currencyProduced	Spanish dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ piece of eight ⓘ silver reales ⓘ
era	Spanish colonial era ⓘ
historicalRole	central hub for coining New World silver ⓘ important node in early modern global monetary system ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Andalusia ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	silver ⓘ
operatedBy	Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
productType	bullion coinage ⓘ silver coinage ⓘ
significance	key source of Spanish dollars for international commerce ⓘ major producer of Spanish silver coinage ⓘ
usedFor	American trade ⓘ Asian trade ⓘ Atlantic trade ⓘ European trade ⓘ global trade ⓘ

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piece of eight → mintedIn → Seville Mint ⓘ