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- # CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
## Overview
This is a section titled "CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon." from the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*. It comprises lines 16627 to 16851 of the source text file, [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6).
## Context
This section is part of the larger chapter [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_)](arke:01KG8AK83BA227D6NY5BT040FM) within the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, which is included in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by [CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.](arke:01KG8AMA8W4WKH3T7WHZXDM9W8) and followed by [CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.](arke:01KG8AMA8Z3SXF809T8S42QJDB).
## Contents
This section contains interpretations of a doubloon (a Spanish gold coin) by various characters on the *Pequod*. The section begins with an [Introduction](arke:01KG8ANJN3424J161FT8HE63CT) describing the coin and Ahab's fascination with it. It then presents interpretations by [Ahab](arke:01KG8ANJN9D44ZF9RY7VBCH4F6), [Starbuck](arke:01KG8ANJN9KV2XSKPQ6HCZ4KYQ), [Stubb](arke:01KG8ANJN9X0YQG3GC20PVYZM2), [Flask](arke:01KG8ANJN9SAP2K7XTYYFA4PH1), the [Manxman](arke:01KG8ANK9KV0JPKXEMNAFE4XJ0), and [Pip](arke:01KG8ANK9HVB30VD6Q0XR3DG6J). The chapter concludes with additional commentary on the doubloon, referring to it as the [ship's navel](arke:01KG8ANK9JSZG249W7EFZRH3AD). Each character's interpretation reveals their individual perspectives, obsessions, and states of mind.
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