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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ahearn, post: 582781, member: 18211&quot;]Nice find. The 1824 coins were among the last (1825 was THE last) from the Potosi Spanish mint. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What is interesting is the Potosi mintmark (reverse, 8 o&#039;clock postion), which was the last in a series of evolutionary changes to the mark over a number of years. It&#039;s a monongramed combination of a PTSI, and some people hypothesize it is where the American dollar sign [ $ ]came from -- the S with only the vertical portion of the PTI.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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