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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1565523, member: 41665&quot;]I came across this quote in an old-timey book (1948) the original from 1898: <i>Home Life in Colonial Days</i>, by Alice Morse Earle.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Couple of observations to be made here. </p><p>1) From another commodity study I&#039;ve made, historical observers to often mix coin and paper values.&nbsp; The &quot;Shillings&quot; in question might be Coin Silver in 1672 and Paper in 1747, no? And in different States, different values.</p><p>2) Corn obviously didn&#039;t have a &#039;steady value&#039; if famine or bumper-crops changed Supply/Demand. What&#039;s needed is a PM coin price, to see that more clearly.</p><p>3) Corn as Money. Hmm.&nbsp; I need to think about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>So - to the first observation - is there an online concordance (table) of Colonial Silver Gold and Currency values, 1631-1775 for the different &#039;states&#039;?</p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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