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has gloss | eng: Real de alerce or real de madera (Spanish for "real of Fitzroya" and "real of wood") was a local currency consisting in Fitzroya wood that was used during colonial times in ChiloƩ Archipelago. It was the Jesuits, established in ChiloƩ since the 17th century that established Fitzroya as a mayor export product towards the Viceroyalty of Peru. Real de alerce was also used by some encomenderos to pay their taxes. |
lexicalization | eng: Real de alerce |
instance of | (noun) the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs" money |
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