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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26038054, member: 101855&quot;]I purchased this note at the FUN show. It has a denomination of 12 1/2 cents or a &quot;bit.&quot; That might seem like odd amount today, but in 19th century America, it was quite common. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655610[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Spanish dollar was divided into 8 parts, which works out to 12 1/2 cents. It was not unusual to have items prices in bits, not dimes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Members of my father&#039;s generation sometimes called a quarter &quot;two bits.&quot; That slang term has disappeared today, but it was around for a long time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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