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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 26186307, member: 59677&quot;]I&#039;ve posted on the half disme before. The evidence is in Jefferson&#039;s day book (diary) where he recorded ALL of his expenses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to his departure for Monticello, his expenses were mostly in Shillings and pence or in units of 1/8 of a &quot;Spanish&quot; dollar or 12.5 cents (there are some transactions in other currencies as would be customary at the time).</p><p><br /></p><p>We see the silver dollars delivered to be coined:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1671835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And we see his receiving the coins and starting the journey</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1671836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>12c would be 1/8 of a dollar. $3.81 is $3 and 13/16ths of a dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first clear, recorded decimal expenditure is 30 cents as a tip for the servants at his first night&#039;s coach inn. The first recorded transaction of the new federal currency is for the slaves at the coaching inn!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/02-02-02-0002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/02-02-02-0002" rel="nofollow">https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/02-02-02-0002</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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