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A moidore or moydore was historically a gold coin of Portuguese origin. While the coin shows a face value of 4,000 réis, its real value was 20% higher or 4,800 réis from 1688 to 1800. On its obverse is the face value and the Portuguese coat of arms, and on its reverse is the Order of Christ Cross. Moidores were minted from 1677 to as late as 1910, mainly in the Kingdom of Portugal and in Portuguese colonies like Brazil and Mozambique. Gold coins were also issued in fractions or multiples of moidores, ranging from one-tenth of a moidore to five moidores.[1]
An example of a Portuguese 500-réis gold coin of King Sebastian of Portugal (r. 1557–1578)
The real (meaning "royal", plural: réis or [archaic] reais) was the currency unit of Portugal from around 1430 until 1911, when the First Portuguese Republic introduced the escudo following the 1910 Republican Revolution.
Since the Portuguese empire (1415–1999) spread throughout a vast number of territories that are now part of 53 different sovereign states, moidores served as currency not only in those regions but also in other regions of the globe, including Western Europe and the West Indies.
Look up moidore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A moidore or moydore was historically a gold coin of Portuguese origin. While the coin shows a face...
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gold to Iberian standards like the Spanish doubloon and the Portuguese moidore. In the 19th century ducats were progressively dropped as standard coin...
got six dozen on the WALRUS from Flint before he would drop the bag of moidores." The second mention is as Hook is attempting to intimidate the Darling...
Hunter 1969 Highland Wedding Steel Bridge Rondetto 1968 Red Alligator Moidore's Token Different Class 1967 Foinavon Honey End Red Alligator 1966 Anglo...
Victoria's captain allowed a bag containing approximately 11,000 gold moidores (worth at the time around £15,000) to fall into the sea rather than see...
and his men boarded and captured. Sagrada Familia contained 40,000 gold moidores and jewellery designed for the King of Portugal, including a cross set...
cargo of diamonds, Emeralds, amethysts, Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores. Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, Butting through...
Handicap (st-lb) SP Distance 01 Red Alligator Brian Fletcher 9 10-0 100/7 02 Moidore's Token Barry Brogan 11 10-8 100/6 03 Different Class David Mould 8 11-5...
there were no deaths in Lisbon but the damage was greater than 20,000 moidores (Portuguese gold coins). On the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, the...
ship at Cape Frio; a purse had been found among his possessions with 96 moidores, and he faced hanging or hard labour in the mines. There was uncertainty...
10-0 100/1 Fell 20 Game Purston Stan Mellor 11 10-0 33/1 Pulled Up 21 Moidore's Token Barry Brogan 12 10-9 100/6 Pulled Up 22 Kilburn Tommy Carberry 11...
pirates overcome a Portuguese merchantman off Bahia and pillage 40,000 gold moidores and many jewels. November – Captain Robert Semple in the Flying King and...
Foinavon Honey End Red Alligator Greek Scholar 44 1968 Red Alligator Moidore's Token Different Class Rutherfords 45 1969 Highland Wedding Steel Bridge...
a bath metal stock-buckle; a silk handkerchief; a hat; a periwig; five moidores; half a guinea and three shillings. Mary Stansbury was sentenced to death...
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