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Going places: How the 'Spanish Silver Dollar' became the world’s first global currency

Long before the US Dollar became the dominant currency of the modern world, there was another coin that ruled global trade, going across oceans and continents with quite an important influence. This ...
Science Daily

Silver from the Americas may have entered the Spanish economy later than thought

European metal dominated Spanish silver coinage up until the reign of Philippe III (1578-1621) and it was only in the 18th century that it was completely replaced by Mexican metal. Using mass ...
The American Conservative

The 16th-Century Inflation Caused By Spanish Silver Drove A Real Increase In Wealth. Just Not In Spain.

I begin to feel like a broken record, but Matt Yglesias has a cool post up about “Game of Thrones” and (what else) monetary policy: As you watch members of House Lannister and House Tyrell scheme for ...
Archaeology

Coin Found in Chile Accords with Account of Spanish Colony's Foundation

SANTIAGO, CHILE—Live Science reports that a sixteenth-century Spanish silver coin has been discovered in southern Chile at the site of Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe, a failed Spanish colony situated on ...