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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 6412048, member: 116145&quot;]It depends where in what is now America, of course, St. Augustine (1565) and the early California settlements were Spanish.&nbsp; The colony of <b>New</b> Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day <b>New York</b> City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut and <b>New</b> Jersey. A successful Dutch settlement in the colony grew up on the southern tip of Manhattan Island and was christened <b>New Amsterdam</b>.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing these were currency in the Northeast and reales were currency in FL &amp; CA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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