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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Texas John, post: 913976, member: 25813&quot;]Yep, no paper money at all. Lots of Spanish coins, and a mixture of American, French, English and Dutch coins. The Spanish silver coins would be called &quot;bits&quot;. Eight bits = 1 Spanish dollar, four = half dollar, two = quarter dollar, one = eighth dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Larger amounts of money might be in Spanish gold. The largest one would be 8 escudos (a &quot;piece of eight&quot;) and be equal to sixty-four silver dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>A dollar would be a decent day&#039;s pay. A piece of eight would be a lot of money, over two months average pay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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