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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25944098, member: 10461&quot;]Interesting.&nbsp; Almost certainly from the late 19th century, I&#039;d say, based upon the style. </p><p><br /></p><p>Though alternately, a circa 1900-1910 date is not impossible, I suppose.&nbsp; It can&#039;t be from much later than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not surprised it&#039;s around the size of a quarter, since that&#039;s what &quot;two bits&quot; was, as you know.&nbsp; That term goes way back to the old Spanish 2-reales pieces, which were 1/4 of a Spanish Milled Dollar of 8-reales.&nbsp; (Two reales- two bits.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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