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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 3038535, member: 4910&quot;]British sovereigns were legal tender in the Confederate States.</p><p><br /></p><p>From <i>The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America</i>, March 14, 1861:</p><p><br /></p><p>Chap. XLII. -- <i>An Act to regulate Foreign Coins in the Confederate States.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Sec 4. That the following foreign gold coins shall pass current as money within the Confederate States of America, and be receivable for the payment of all debts and demands at the following rates, that is to say:</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>Sovereign of England</b>, of no less a weight than five pennyweights and three grains, and of the fineness of (915½) nine hundred and fifteen and one-half thousandths, shall be deemed equal to four dollars and eighty-two cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Also listed were Spanish and Mexican doubloons worth $15.53 and French Napoleons worth $3.82)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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