dobla (dobla)

[OSp. (= Pg. dobra ), fem. of doblo, now doble, = F. double, > E. double, q. v.] A gold coin formerly used in Spain. The earliest coins so called are Moorish dinars, coined by the Almohade dynasty, and distinguished from the earlier dinars by having the full weight of a mithcal, while the finene was reduced so that they should be of the same value. As coined by John II. of Castile in 1442, there were 49 to the mark (230.04 grams), of a finene of 19 carats, making the value $2.47.