Dobra

Alias: 
Dobra pee terra
  1. Dobra; gold coin minted by King Pedro (1357-1367) to replace the morabitino.
  2. 1 gold dobra = 1 crossed dobra, or Doña Blanca dobla (fine gold coin made in Seville). [Pedro, ch.11: 35-37]
  3. 1 larger dobra = 4 libras + 2 soldos. [Pedro, ch. 11: 46-46]
  4. 1 smaller dobra = 41 soldos. [Pedro, ch. 11: 47-48]
  5. 50 dobras = 1 mark. [Pedro, ch. 11: 37-39]
  6. 100 small dobras = 1 mark. [Pedro, ch. 11: 39-40]
  7. 1 Moorish dobra = 3 libras + 15 soldos. [Pedro, ch. 11: 30-31]
  8. Dobra pé-terraDobra with image of King Fernando standing up, hence 'pé-terra', or with feet on the ground. 
  9. 1 dobra pé-terra =6 libras (1380). [Fernando, ch. 55: 77]
  10. Dobla; Castilian gold coin. [Pedro, 18: 26]
  11. For further information on coins see:  Augusto Carlos Teixeira de Aragão, Descrição geral e histórica das moedas cunhadas em nome dos  reis, regentes (Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1875) tome 1, p.174-.___]

     

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Citation: 
Crónica de D. Pedro, ch. 11: 30, 35, 36, 37, 46, 54, 56
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