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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 3660060, member: 4910&quot;]The Southern Confederate States had to deal with foreign gold coins, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>From <i>The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive</i> by James M. Matthews, editor:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Approved March 14, 1861:</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Chap. XLII. -- <i>An Act to regulate Foreign Coins in the Confederate States.</i></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Sec 4. That the following foreign gold coins shall pass current as money within the Confederate States of America, and be receivable for the payment of all debts and demands at the following rates, that is to say:</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The Sovereign of England, of no less a weight than five pennyweights and three grains, and of the fineness of (915½) nine hundred and fifteen and one-half thousandths, shall be deemed equal to four dollars and eighty-two cents.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The Napoleon, of the weight of not less than (4 dwts, 3½ grs.) four pennyweights three grains and one-half, and of a fineness of not less than (899) eight hundred ninety-ninth thousandths, shall be deemed equal to three dollars and eighty-two cents.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The Spanish and Mexican doubloons, of no less a weight than (17 dwts., 8½ grs.) seventeen pennyweights eight grains and one-half, and of the fineness of not less than (899) eight hundred ninety-ninth thousandths, shall be deemed equal to fifteen dollars and fifty-three cents.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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