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In the pirate’s bounty scene of the attraction amid the overflowing treasure chests and mounds of gold doubloons.
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 June 2024
It’s estimated that the Eras Tour has already generated some $4.6 billion in consumer spending, and the beyond-robust ticket sales for the Eras Tour movie mean that the doubloons in Swift’s bank account are multiplying exponentially with every passing minute.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Oct. 2023
Treasure hunters have long been obsessed with retrieving shiny gold doubloons and dazzling jewels from shipwrecks in the Bahamas.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2023
But what was a pirate boss to do, upon seizing a Spanish galleon and filling his ship’s hold to the brim with jewels and silks and gold doubloons?
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 June 2024
It’s estimated that the Eras Tour has already generated some $4.6 billion in consumer spending, and the beyond-robust ticket sales for the Eras Tour movie mean that the doubloons in Swift’s bank account are multiplying exponentially with every passing minute.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Oct. 2023
Treasure hunters have long been obsessed with retrieving shiny gold doubloons and dazzling jewels from shipwrecks in the Bahamas.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2023
But what was a pirate boss to do, upon seizing a Spanish galleon and filling his ship’s hold to the brim with jewels and silks and gold doubloons?
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
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“Doubloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doubloon. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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doubloon
noun
dou·bloon
ˌdə-ˈblün 
: an old gold coin of Spain and Spanish America
Etymology
from Spanish doblón "doubloon"
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