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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3905363, member: 85693&quot;]That is very interesting - it&#039;s been a while since I read <i>Blood Meridian</i>, but I recall McCarthy mentioned coins but not this one specifically - I remember being impressed that he described the money as being such a mixed bag of foreign and domestic coins, as it was in the 1840s.&nbsp; Now I want to reread it. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the coin, I have only one 1/8 real, from a local dealer&#039;s junk bin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1029515[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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