than the real nacional worth 1⁄8 of a dollar. The monetary confusion would not be resolved until the real de vellón was fixed at 20 reales to the dollar...

denominated in silver escudos and reales de vellón at a rate of 5 pesetas = 1 peso duro = 2 silver escudos = 20 reales de vellón. The peseta was equal to 4.5...

real was established at two billon reales (reales de vellón) or sixty-eight maravedíes. Gold escudos (worth 16 reales) were also issued. The coins circulated...

relationship of 8 reales = $1 (or peso duro) continued in the Americas until the 19th century, Spain struggled with the issuance of reales de vellon (made of billon...

1642: $1 = 8 reales, subsequently called reales nacionales From 1642: $1 = 10 reales provinciales From 1687: $1 = 15+2⁄34 reales de vellón (made of billon...

quarto or quart, 16 quartos = 1 real de vellón, 8 reales de vellón = 1 peso sencillo ("current" dollar), 10 reales de vellón = 1 peso fuerte ("hard" dollar...

colonies, the escudo refers to a gold coin worth sixteen reales de plata or forty reales de vellón. Cape Verdean escudo Angolan escudo Chilean escudo French...

discount to this amount, at 30–32 reales. In Spain, doubloons were current for $4 (four duros, or 80 reales de vellón) up to the middle of the 19th century...

reales de plata in 1642, then 16 reales de plata fuerte or 40 reales de vellón from 1737. Gold coins were issued in denominations of 1⁄2, 1, 2, 4 and 8...

(purchased in Mexico City in 1703 at age 20 for 300 reales de vellon) was part of the property of de Vargas' estate conveyed to other owners after his death...

decimalized. It was also a name used throughout Spain for an amount of four reales de vellón. It was coined in Barcelona in gold and silver from 1808 until 1814...

issues of vellón, in each of which the new coin was called a maravedí. His basic silver coin of 1258-1271 was also called a maravedí (maravedí de plata)...

1816 he worked in London and, on 4 September 1818 he received 80,000 "real de vellón" for services rendered to the Spanish monarch Ferdinand VII. In 1823...

manuscripts and letters. In January 1773, Miranda's father transferred 85,000 reales vellon (silver coins), to help his son obtain the position of captain in the...

until his death in 1729, receiving the substantial salary of 81.528 reales de vellón. Higgins remained a good friend to Ireland and the Irish in Spain and...

on 28 November 1859, and her construction cost a total of 5 million Reales de Vellón. She was named for the Battle of Covadonga - a highly symbolic event...

la Contribuction general, within the Partido de Carrión de los Condes, contributing 9615 reales de vellón, and its equivalent transfer of 4807 maravedís...

Population: 250 households, 994 souls. Productive capital: 2,391,600 reales de vellón. After these tumultuous times, the town experienced relative stability...

British sovereign (7·981 g, 0·917 fine), $4·70; the Spanish doblón of 100 reales vellón (8·336 g, 0·901 fine), $4·80; the Chilean condór (15·253 g, 0·900 fine)...

(vellón) was made legal tender to 5 décimos. Bank reserves were in silver coin and banknotes were convertible solely into silver. Ecuador was on a de facto...

del pan (1605) Discurso de Pedro de Valencia acerca de la moneda de vellón (1605) Discurso sobre el acrecentamiento de la labor de la tierra (1607) Discurso...

(Algete), next to the Jarama Circuit. Its waters are impounded by the El Vellón Reservoir [es]. Regarding the etymology of the hidronym Guadalix; the prefix...

halls, chapel and headquarters surrounding a courtyard. It cost 201.000 real of vellón. This castle was disarmed by the French army during the Spanish Independence...

Limestone formations are evident at a number of the peaks, notably El Vellón, La Pinilla and Patones. Other processes were in play during the Cenozoic...

El vellón de oro) was first performed at the Buen Retiro Palace in 1749 with music by Giovanni Battista Mele, and was rewarded with 13,000 reales, as...

Villarejo de Salvanés Castle of Villaviciosa de Odón Castle of Viñuelas Atalaya de Arrebatacapas Atalaya de El Berrueco Atalaya de El Vellón Atalaya de Venturada...

song phai = 32 phai = 64 att = 128 solot Spanish Empire — 1 peso = 8 reales (de plata fuerte) = 680 maravedíes (the pesos are the "pieces of eight" often...

of 24 August 1626 addressed to Diego de Escobar, Governor of Cartagena, the authorisation for the minting of vellón coins was rescinded, authorising the...

Philip's attempts to issue new currency—in particular the issues of the copper véllon coinage in 1603–04, 1617 and 1621—simply created considerable instability...

could arrive in Cordoba after as little as five hours. The Watchtower of El Vellón, near Madrid, is one surviving example, along with others in the region...