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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2199206, member: 46237&quot;]Really great points here (and thanks for the clarification on the euro).</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding colonial Spanish coins in the new world, it was more of a logistics issue. It just made more sense to manufacture the coins there rather than transporting mined PMs back to Spain for minting and then transporting the coins back. So they were minted there for circulation, but I don&#039;t think with the intent that they were exclusively &quot;Mexican&quot; coins over any other Spanish colony. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Spanish colony the coin was from is determined by the mint mark on the coin. Yet these coins are described as Mexican, Peruvian, Guatamalan, etc. and not Spanish. The country of origin for the Austro-Hungarian Empire coins were also differentiated by mint mark, yet these are all considered Austrian. And yes you are absolutely correct, the empire included several other countries other than Austria and Hungary. Hungary even included another multi-nation Kingdom (the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia). In fact, the two Hungarian mints in service during the period I collect were Körmöcbánya (Körmöc Mine), which at the time was located in Upper Hungary (now in Slovakia), and Gyulafehérvár (Gyula&#039;s White Castle) which at the time was located in Transylvania (now in Romania). So, for example, it can be said that the Hungarian GYF mint coins (previously Austrian E mint coins) were technically minted within Transylvania, within the Kingdom of Hungary, within the Austro-Hungarian empire![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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