to be used as an accounting unit but worth a reduced value of 512/680 dollar (approximately of a dollar). This was divided into eight reales de cambio each of 64 maravedíes.

Subsequent changes until the end of the 18th century were minor and involved reducing the fineness of the silver dollar to 130/144 = 0.9028 fine and the gold escudo (now worth 2 dollars, or 40 reales de vellón) from 0.917 to 0.875 fine. Starting 1810 silver coin denominations were revised to their more common-sense values in reales de vellón: