Meaning & use
doubloon
A former gold coin used in Spain and its colonies, especially between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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The divers found a chest of doubloons scattered across the sunken ship's hull.
Pirates in old stories are often depicted burying doubloons on remote islands.
A note on using this word
Doubloon now appears mostly in historical writing and pirate fiction rather than everyday economic contexts.
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