Real, Reale and Reales

[Larry (IL)]

I was wondering if Steve might not be right on the spelling so I googled it. It is amazing what you can learn on the Internet.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Spanish Real

The real (meaning: "royal", plural: reales) was a unit of currency in Spain for several centuries after the mid-14th century, but changed in value relative to other units introduced. In 1864, the real was replaced by a new Spanish escudo, then by the peseta in 1868, when a real came to mean a quarter of a peseta

 

[Larry (IL)]

Just about everyone except Wikipedia spells it Reale, including Wikicoins.

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[Steve1825]

In the Standard Catalog of World Coins from Krause Publications it lists it as a 1 Real just like we have a 1 Cent. The next coins are greater denominations like 2 reales, 4 reales just like our 5 cents, 10 cents. The plural or more than one. Our member found a 1 Real.

 

[mclucky]

Sure glad we're clear on this now!! Thanks Steve and Larry