- Spanish dollar: Widely used in the Americas and parts of Europe, it became a de facto global currency.
- British pound sterling: The currency of Great Britain and its colonies.
- French livre: The currency of France.
- Dutch guilder: The currency of the Dutch Republic.
- Portuguese real: The currency of Portugal and its colonies.
- Chinese tael: A unit of currency in China.
- Indian rupee: The currency of the Mughal Empire and later British India.
- Japanese mon: The currency of Japan.
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