M ost people encounter the dollar sign on a daily basis: in stores, on websites, in the media and more. The symbol also ...

Spanish America, that is. Long before the dollar was painted Washington, DC emerald green, it was polished Mexican silver. The Mexican or “Spanish” dollar was in wide use from the 1500s until ...

Globalisation is thought to have its beginnings in the 16th century when the Spanish silver dollar went transcontinental. Its acceptance as common currency arose when Spanish navigators in the ...

Brisben said the extremely rare silver-dollar-sized coin is worth “probably ... coincides with the 300th anniversary of the Spanish treasure fleet’s shipwrecks off the coast of Florida.

One of the world’s most heavily used silver currencies, the Spanish silver dollar, may offer a better comparison. The Spanish silver dollar, or reale as it was originally known, was unusual because it ...

Shipwreck divers have announced quite the anniversary present for the flagship of a 1715 Spanish ... and 110 silver coins and buttons all worth over one million dollars. The find, made over ...