What currency was used by Spanish explorer Balboa in the 1500s?
Balboa and the other (Conquistadors) obviously used regular issue Spanish currency such as the famed (pieces of eight) eight reales- the so-called Spanish ( later Mexican and other Spanish colonies and ex-colonies) eight real coin. These widely circulated among such piratical types- hence often found in Pirate wrecks, etc. Pieces of Eight! squawk! eight reales made a Peso- or dollar equivalent. Balboa was credited with the (Discovery) of the Pacific Ocean. he was eventually executed on charges of fraudulent trading ( Piracy!). Many years ago one of the cereals did a sort of cut-out cardboard series on famous and infamous pirates and buccaneer types- and Senor Balboa led the list. In his honor the Panamian coin, bearing a bust of the Conquistador in knightly helmet- is called the Balboa.
