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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob_G, post: 3192190, member: 96340&quot;]I acquired the below coins last week. Due to the shortage of coins both of them were among the foreign coins which circulated commonly in the American Colonies. They continued to be legal tender until the Coinage Act of 1857. The 2 reales coin was referred to as 2 Bits since it was 2-eighths of the Spanish 8-bit Pieces of Eight. This is origin of the US Quarter being referred to as 2-bits today.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1711 Spanish Charles III 2 Reales (Two Bits)</b></p><p>[ATTACH]824363[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]824364[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>1742(1) Louis XV French Sous</b></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH]824365[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]824366[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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