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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2156537, member: 73555&quot;]Wrong.&nbsp; The singular IS <u>real</u>, the plural <u>reales</u>.&nbsp; One real, eight reales.&nbsp; And pronounced ree-ALL and ree-ALL-ace, in case you&#039;re wondering.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia (and, any coin catalog) &gt;&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver <b>real</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" rel="nofollow">Spanish</a>: <i>real de plata</i>) was the currency of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire" rel="nofollow">Spanish colonies in America and the Philippines</a><u>.</u> In the seventeenth century the silver real was established at two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_real" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_real" rel="nofollow">billon reals</a> (<i>reales de vellón</i>) or sixty-eight <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_maraved%C3%AD" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_maraved%C3%AD" rel="nofollow">maravedís</a></i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_escudo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_escudo" rel="nofollow">escudos</a></i> (worth 16 reales) were also issued.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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