Real

Real, a silver coin and money of account in Spain, Mexico, and other old Spanish possessions, is the $\backslash frac\{2\}\{5\}$th part of the piastre, or $\backslash frac\{1\}\{4\}$th of the peseta, the franc of the new Spanish decimal system, and has a value, varying with the exchange, of about 2½d. The real was first coined in Spain in 1497. It is also a money of account in Portugal, being the equivalent of 40 reis. In Java it is the name of a weight for gold and silver articles, corresponding to 17 dwt. 14 gr. troy weight.