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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 2690302, member: 72790&quot;]There&#039;s a close connection to US History here. Stephen Austin was in the process of bringing American settlers into Spanish Mexico when that coin was minted. Shortly after that Mexico rebelled against Spanish rule and Austin supported the Mexican uprising (and thus had his land grants confirmed) and with that uprising the new Mexican Government changed the design of the coin. That coin circulated as US legal tender coinage until 1857 and many of these dollars found their way into the Confederate States of America Treasury as backing for CSA paper notes. A lot of history in that coin and with that wear think of how many people used it to buy heavens knows what. Heft that weighty coin in the palm of your hand and connect yourself in space and time to those people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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