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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 512389, member: 66&quot;]The fractional parts ceased to be legal tender after 1809.&nbsp; The Spanish 8 reales were not legal tender between 1809 and 1843.&nbsp; At that time they were made legal tender again and remained so until early 1857.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Spanish colonial 8 reales were not legal tender until 1834, and only those of Mexico, Peru, Chile, and the Central American countries were legal tender at that time.&nbsp; Those of Bolivia were not legal tender until 1843.&nbsp; NONE of the Spanish colonial fractionals were ever legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fugio copper 1787 but it was not legal tender.&nbsp; But it was struck under contract with the US Government and not by the government itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Act of Feb 9th 1793.&nbsp; This was after the establishment of our mint but before any legal tender coins were struck there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And several of the states did legally make it legal tender in the years before the Constitution.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See my first two comments.&nbsp; In addition NONE of the Spanish silver was legal tender between 1801 and 1806 either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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