Talk:Spanish dollar

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"which is equilivant to 3550.16 troy grains or, 230.0465 metric grams"

Seven figures of precision? I really doubt that. It's misleading to use more figures in the conversion than were used in measuring the coin at the time of its currency. Just how accurate was the weight of a Spanish dollar at minting? After a bit of circulation? - David Gerard 20:20, May 1, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Image

Someone needs to fix the image that's used. The obverse is backwards (you can see this best at the bottom where "REX PHILLIP" is in mirror image. The reverse is correct. I could create a new image from my collection, but the Spanish Dollar I have is in worse condition than the one used to make this image. -- Tall Girl 20:46, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with Pieces of eight

Merge with Pieces of eight

-Removed immature vulgarity.

[edit] picture of a peso

Spain never minted a coin called peso. Visit URL [[1]] to understand the history behind the piece of eight or Ocho Reales. The article written by MIGUEL L. MUÑOZ, NLG cleary states the peso was an aka of the ocho reales, not a real coin.