It is silver!! I am continually amazed at the quality of education in this
country! Has nobody ever been made aware of the Spanish conquest of Mexico
and Peru? Of the coinage mints established in these countries and of the
export of gold and silver coins and bullion bars to Spain in the 1700's?
One of the earliest monetary exchange media in this country was the Spanish
Real! Before the establishment of the United States and the US Mint! Because
the value of the dollar size was so great for ordinary commerce, it was
commonly chiseled into eight parts (does the expression "pieces of eight"
ring a bell?) of 12 and one half cents each!! That is why the quarter coin
is known colloquially as "two bits", even today!
You can go on the web and buy Spanish gold and silver recovered from sunken
galleons off our east coast today! They did not have access to Weather
Service Bulletins and so got caught by frequent hurricanes!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshalee" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Mexican silver mystery
So, what is it??
Marshalee
:
So-called "Mexican silver" is not even
silver at all.
*I did _not_ know that. That explains a couple of mysteries. Thanks for
mentioning. MA*
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