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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 9110, member: 112"]A bit of confusion here - at the time that pieces of 8 circulated - the term peso was used to stipulate the given weight 96 grains in gold or the value of this weight in gold. It was used when silver was mentioned as well - but only when trying to determine what a given amount of silver equaled in pesos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 9110, member: 112"]A bit of confusion here - at the time that pieces of 8 circulated - the term peso was used to stipulate the given weight 96 grains in gold or the value of this weight in gold. It was used when silver was mentioned as well - but only when trying to determine what a given amount of silver equaled in pesos.[/QUOTE]
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