"RF" <fwdixon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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May 17, 11:16 am, "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com>
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> "Bob" <RLWinne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 16, 9:46?pm, sofian.abdul...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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> > My new collection
> > 1819 Spanish Coin
>
> >www.duit-lama.blogspot.com
>
> > Any comment.
>
> Actually this is a Mexican coin--it has the Mo mintmark. It was legal
> tender in the United States for one dollar until 1857 (and a little
> beyond).
>
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>
> I've often wondered just how far beyond. I imagine that in some of the
> more
> remote areas of the country the 1857 coinage reform meant little to
> nothing,
> and the use of foreign currencies may have persisted for a decade or
more.
> Is there a reference source that deals with this issue?
>
> James the Pfennigpincher
I'd accept it today for $1, so its acceptance clearly lasted into the
21st century!
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Make that an 1804 dollar (oh heck, four 1804 quarters, ten 1804 dimes, or
even 100 1804 large cents) and we'd have a deal!
James the Hopeful
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