What is or was a moidore?
Moidore Moidore Moidore or moydore is an archaic term used to describe gold coins of Portuguese origin. These coins usually feature a face value of ""4000 réis"", the Portuguese coat of arms on its obverse, and the Order of Christ Cross on its reverse, and were minted from 1677 to as late as 1910, mainly in Portugal and in Portuguese colonies like Brazil and Mozambique. Gold coins were also issued in fractions or multiples of moidores, ranging from one-tenth of a moidore to five moidores. The "real" (meaning "royal", plural: "réis" or [archaic] "reais") was the currency unit of Portugal from
Moidore the coin colloquially known as the moidore was in fact the double moidore. It was the principal coin current in Ireland at the beginning of the 18th century, and spread to the west of England. The single moidore was generally assigned a sterling value of about 13 shillings pence, and the double moidore one of about 27 shillings, or in Ireland 30 shillings. Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" (1719) contains numerous references to moidores: e.g., "I am persuaded, that by the improvements I had made in that little time I lived there, and the increase I should probably have made if