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<p>[QUOTE="larssten, post: 2589938, member: 78319"]The US silver dollar and its heritage from the Spanish Empire. The cob pesos and later the milled pesos or Pieces of Eight were one of the influences behind the establishment of the US mint in 1792 and the US silver dollar. Spanish silver dollars and other foreign coins were actually legal tender in the US as late as 1857 due to the popularity of these coins and the lack of enough domestic US currency. After the Coinage Act of 1857 only domestic US coins were legal tender and lead also to the discontinuation of the half cent and large cent. The penny was also reduced in size by introducing the Flying Eagle Cent</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161212/e6d8ac5376f5d9e21841c607d16d69f6.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="larssten, post: 2589938, member: 78319"]The US silver dollar and its heritage from the Spanish Empire. The cob pesos and later the milled pesos or Pieces of Eight were one of the influences behind the establishment of the US mint in 1792 and the US silver dollar. Spanish silver dollars and other foreign coins were actually legal tender in the US as late as 1857 due to the popularity of these coins and the lack of enough domestic US currency. After the Coinage Act of 1857 only domestic US coins were legal tender and lead also to the discontinuation of the half cent and large cent. The penny was also reduced in size by introducing the Flying Eagle Cent [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161212/e6d8ac5376f5d9e21841c607d16d69f6.png[/IMG] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/QUOTE]
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