Unlocking the Doubloons of Seville
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The major Spanish mainland mints were in Granada, Segovia, Toledo, Valladolid, Burgos, Madrid, and Seville. The largest of these mints was the Real Casa de la Moneda de Sevilla, or the Royal Mint of Seville.
Built from 1585 through 1587, this mint was the circulation center where gold and silver from the New World were made into gold doubloons and silver reales. Seville produced the largest quantity of hammer-struck gold escudos in one-, two-, four-, and eight-escudo denominations.
The two escudos is also known by another name that conjures up images of pirate lore and sunken treasure: the doubloon. The word doubloon comes from the Spanish word “doblón,” or “double escudo.”
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