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Message:: [QUOTE="ExoMan, post: 2536593, member: 72588"]Hi Brandon ... This sounds like a most intriguing topic, and I applaud your interest in the coinage angle. Good thing that you have a month's time, as you'll have a lot to absorb in the process of writing your paper. Keep in mind that coins back then were valued strictly for their metal content - specie. The Spanish "dollars" or Eight Reale pieces were then the predominant worldwide currency. They were often cut into pieces as a means of making change, but there were half reale, one reale, two reale (a.k.a. 2 bits) and four reale coins, also. My avatar is a late 1700's two real piece that was counterstamped by a Philadelphia merchant in the 1850's. Spanish coins continued to circulate, particularly in our western territory and states, well into the late 1800's.  This gives you some frame of reference for the importance of Spanish coins in worldwide trade.   Best wishes with your project![/QUOTE]