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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 421203, member: 112&quot;]Absolutely excellent Clinker ! :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all I will help you out a bit with pics of those Santo Domingo copper coins - <a href="http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/stodgo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/stodgo.html" rel="nofollow">Click Here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But I feel I must also make a correction in the interest of knowledge. Yes, on April 23, 1497 there was a Royal Directive issued to Christopher Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella to establish a mint in Santo Domingo. However, since there were few riches to be found there the effort to establish a mint was for naught - no coins were ever struck. The colonist did however improvise and they used crude bars, slugs and planchets of gold &amp; low grade silver for commerce. These crude coins were called <i>pesos corrientes</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was on May 11, 1535 that the Royal Edict established the Mexico City mint. But the first coins were not struck until early 1536 - these were the first coins actually struck in the Americas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later, on Nov.3, 1536 a Royal Edict issued by Queen Regent Johanna formally established the mint at Santo Domingo. This edict authorized the Santo Domingo mint to issue silver coins. But it was not until 5 years later when the Royal Edicts dated Mar. 14 &amp; 15, 1541 that the mint was directed to begin minting operations and to begin striking silver &amp; copper coins. Prior to that, no copper coins were ever minted in Santo Domingo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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