| 单词 | medio real |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmedio real A small silver coin of Mexico (and Cuba), minted from 1535 until 1869, though still current until c1905, worth half a real fuerte or 6¼ centavos. Also more fully medio real. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Central American coins medio real1824 Mexican1827 toston1884 Mex1907 quetzal1925 lempira1931 1824 J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico 141 A medio, the sixteenth of a dollar. 1844 G. W. Kendall Narr. Santa Fé Exped. ii. xii. 239 One of the lads [handed] each of the unfortunate prisoners a medio. 1845 T. J. Green Jrnl. Texian Exped. 246 One medio would buy a leaden rivet. 1859 R. H. Dana To Cuba 47 As there is no coin in Cuba less than the medio, 6¼ cents, the musicians get a good deal or nothing. 1897 T. A. Janvier Mexican Guide vii. 81 Medio real = 6¼ centavos. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xxi. 358 I've got one Chili Dollar, two real pieces, and a medio. 1915 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 29 476 The ordinance of 1535 provided for the coining of one, two, and three real pieces, ‘medios’ and ‘cuartillos’. < as lemmas |
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