Documenta & Instrumenta
Documenta & Instrumenta (ISSN 1697-4328, ISSN-e 1697-3798) is a scientific journal containing original, unpublished articles. Founded in October 2003 by Juan Carlos Galende Díaz and Javier de Santiago Fernández, from the History of Americas and Medieval and Historiographical Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid, it aims to increase knowledge of the subjects included in this area (Palaeography, Diplomacy, Epigraphy, Numismatics and related sciences). It is intended for the national and international scientific community and is published annually.
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2025Breve informe del establecimiento del escudo como unidad monetaria en Puerto Rico (1865)
[Article by Ángel O. Navarro Zayas, extracted from Documenta & Instrumenta.]
[English translation of abstract.] The purpose of this research is to document and partially reconstruct a fragment of Puerto Rico's monetary history under the Spanish Empire. Primary sources from the National Historical Archive in Madrid and the Library of Congress in the United States have been used to gain a deeper understanding of this process. The author has employed a positivist historiographical approach to reconstruct the monetary legislation applied to Puerto Rico. In 1865, the Spanish authorities established the escudo as Puerto Rico’s new monetary unit. Numismatic historiography in Puerto Rico has not paid sufficient attention to this aspect of the island’s monetary legislative history. Very little has been documented on this topic. Nevertheless, the author believes that further research is needed to continue reconstructing Puerto Rico’s numismatic history.
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