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.

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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.

Colombian real basedOn Spanish real
Audiencia of Quito currency Spanish real
Captaincy General of Chile currency Spanish real
Habsburg Spain currency Spanish real
New Galicia currency Spanish real
New Kingdom of Granada currency Spanish real
Catalan pound replacedBy Spanish real