doubloon

Example Sentences

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The perspective angles skyward in the picture of a frenzied-looking Ahab displaying the gold doubloon he has promised to the man who can kill Moby-Dick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

But Mr. Perdue kept two items for himself: a gold doubloon and the emerald.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Original owner John McConnell was a fortune hunter, and the Double Eagle was a rare doubloon discovered in a sunken treasure.

From Golf Digest • Jan. 4, 2017

You’ve heard it so many times that your dreams are haunted with doubloon mountains.

From Time • Dec. 27, 2012

With the whirlpool barely a yard wide and closing, I drop the doubloon, close my fingers around the puzzle piece, and thrust my fist upward, offering completion to the distant sky.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman