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  • n  a former Spanish gold coin

  • Last week Yale offered the doubloon for sale, and within four days it was snapped up for $650,000.
  • When Captain Ahab, in his relentless pursuit of Moby Dick, had a doubloon nailed to the mast of the Pequod, each member of his crew saw reflected in it a different meaning.
  • The result is that the tavern is crammed with doubloon-seekers in no time at all.
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  • Murray Rothbard in Lew Rockwell
    About five Walbucks, three Toyotayen or half of one of those new, Brazilian company's plastic doubloon-thingies backed by gold. Amazoners,Rothbard replied.
  • Daniel James in MPOGD.com
    The 'free to play, pay for items' business model has proven very successful in the Korean market with games like Kart Rider, and is already offered as an alternative to subscription for Puzzle Pirates players on 'Doubloon' servers,adds Daniel...

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