Spanish Escudo Detail

About Spanish Escudo Detail

See Spanish Escudo entry. The 8 escudos gold coin was equivalent to the doubloon and was the largest Spanish gold coin. Colonial escudos were minted at mints in Mexico City, Lima, Bogota, Santiago, and Guatemala City. The 2 escudos coin was called the media onza. Spanish gold escudos are found in shipwrecks throughout the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Pacific.