A former small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
silver coin usually worth about 34 maravedís
Spanish silver coin still used in some Spanish-American countries.
an old small silver Spanish coin
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
A term used to describe a mining community in Spanish colonial Mexico.
(Spanish) A silver coin, weighing about 3 grams, worth an eighth of a peso.
A former basic monetary unit of Spain and Spanish colonies in the Americas
One-eighth of a peso, twenty cuartos.
Its use to be completely avoided when not as a recognized synonym for genuine as opposed to sham or counterfeit.
Numismatic slang for genuine coin. See Also -- counterfeit alteration
A genuine coin. Also see: Counterfeit alteration