Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 3901307, member: 102103&quot;]Learned a new word today while reading <i>Blood Meridian</i> by Cormac McCarthy:&nbsp; &quot;tlaco.&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s a Spanish loan-word from Nahuatl meaning &quot;one half&quot; which refers to a 1/8 <i>real</i> copper coin.&nbsp; So here&#039;s a 1/8 real from Durango province, 1824, not so long after independence from Spain.&nbsp; I read that many of these were contemporary counterfeits stamped over 1/8 real coppers from Nueva Viscaya province in the Empire of Iturbide, which collapsed in 1823.&nbsp; I guess the coppers from that regime lost their ability to circulate freely with the end of the Empire, as copper coins circulated at above their metal value.&nbsp; Contemporary counterfeiters just restruck them with the successor province and hoped for the best.[ATTACH=full]1028273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in