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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 100408, member: 112"]They're off by one year, the Potosi mint opened in 1573 - other than that OK.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Potosi mint was located literally on top of a mountain of silver at over 9,000 ft. of elevation. It was, and still is I believe, the largest single silver strike the world has ever known. And they produced more silver coins than any of the other mints. And because of that, the coins from Potosi circulated more widely throughout the world than any of the Spanish colonials. I always found it a shame that they did not begin production of the milled pillar coinage until near the end of the series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 100408, member: 112"]They're off by one year, the Potosi mint opened in 1573 - other than that OK. The Potosi mint was located literally on top of a mountain of silver at over 9,000 ft. of elevation. It was, and still is I believe, the largest single silver strike the world has ever known. And they produced more silver coins than any of the other mints. And because of that, the coins from Potosi circulated more widely throughout the world than any of the Spanish colonials. I always found it a shame that they did not begin production of the milled pillar coinage until near the end of the series.[/QUOTE]
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