noun
- a former Spanish gold coin
Usage: historical
Examples
- The pirates buried chests full of doubloons on the island.
- Each doubloon was worth about sixteen pieces of eight.
- The treasure hunter found a Spanish doubloon from the 1600s.
- Doubloons were commonly used in Spanish colonies.
- The museum displayed ancient doubloons in its coin collection.
- Legend says the sunken ship carried thousands of doubloons.