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What does "Dos Reales" mean?

 

• Reales (plural; singular, real. Pronounce "re-al").
• Spanish Coin worth about 25 cents. 1/4 of the Ocho Reales coin.
• It had the value of "half of a Peseta"
• The peso was initially the name of the eight-real coins issued in Mexico by Spain.
• After Mexico gained its independence in 1821, the new government continued the Spanish monetary system of 16 silver reales = 1 gold escudo, with the peso of 8 reales the largest silver coin.
• Coins denominated in reales continued to be issued until 1897.

 

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