Spanish real
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The Spanish real was a silver coin and monetary unit widely used across the Spanish Empire, serving as a key medium of exchange in Spain and its American colonies from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical currency
ⓘ
silver coin ⓘ |
| circulationArea |
Americas
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| currencyOf | Spain ⓘ |
| denominationSystem | real ⓘ |
| endTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalRole | key medium of exchange in the Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
legal tender in Spain
ⓘ
legal tender in Spanish colonies ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| metallicStandard | silver standard ⓘ |
| mintedIn |
Spanish mints
ⓘ
colonial mints in the Americas ⓘ |
| monetaryFunction |
circulating coin
ⓘ
unit of account ⓘ |
| precededBy | medieval Castilian coinage ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Spanish peseta ⓘ |
| startTime |
Late Middle Ages
ⓘ
surface form:
late Middle Ages
|
| subunitOf | Spanish monetary system ⓘ |
| usedAs |
medium of exchange
ⓘ
monetary unit ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Spain
ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ Spanish colonies ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
Bourbon Spain
ⓘ
Habsburg Spain ⓘ |
| usedInTrade |
American colonial trade
ⓘ
Atlantic trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.