Definition

• The name given to the Real in the Low Countries where it was not only extensively copied but also struck in gold, receiving the name of Gouden Reaal, or Real d'Or. The latter coin was issued under Maximilian and Philip (1482-1494) in Brabant and Holland, and the coinage continued until 1580. See Chijs, van der, Les monnaies des Pays-Bas. 1851-66. (p. 267).

  The silver Reaal was also common in the latter part of the fifteenth century and dated speciments appeared as early as 1487 (Frey, Nos. 285, 288).

  In 1821 a small silver coin, bearing the inscription I REAAL was struck for the Dutch settlement in Curacao.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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