doubloon
noun/dəˈbluːn/
/dəˈbluːn/
- (in the past) a Spanish gold coinWord Originearly 17th cent.: from French doublon or its source, Spanish doblón, from doble ‘double’ (so named because the coin was worth double the value of another coin).
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