Former Spanish gold coin (8)
I believe the answer is:
doubloon
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">former spanish gold coin</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for doubloon that I've seen before include "Former Spanish gold coin" , "Ancient Spanish gold coin" , "Another old Spanish coin" , "Old Spanish gold coin" .)