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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1076378, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;m sorry to say that the information provided to you by Mr. and Mrs. Weiss is incorrect. I&#039;m doubly sorry because I know the Weiss&#039;s and have for quite a few years. I even made it a point to stop by and say Howdy at FUN.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the mint in Santo Domingo wasn&#039;t even approved until 2 royal edicts dated Nov. 3,1536 were issued. And it was 5 years later that the Santo Domingo mint received the final order to begin minting operations by royal edicts dated Mar. 14 and Apr. 15, 1541. These edicts directed them to start minting coins of copper and silver, but only for a period of 5 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins like the one you picture were actually struck at the Seville mint in Spain as early as 1506 and up through 1511 and the coins were then shipped to Santo Domingo. Later, on May 10, 1531 the Spanish Crown again authorized another special mintage of coins from the Burgos mint in Spain, and these coins were then shipped to Santo Domingo.</p><p><br /></p><p>A minor point to be sure, but Johanna was the mother of Carlos, not his wife. Carlos was Charles V Holy Roman Emperor. But his mother served as his regent until he came of age.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coins ever minted in the New World were minted at Mexico City in 1536.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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