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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 14706, member: 112&quot;]You are quite correct - those are the proper amounts. But coinage of any kind was so scarce, especially the small denominations - people used what they could get. </p><p><br /></p><p>And it should be remembered that coinage from all over the world was used - and it all came in different denominations. So the general and practical use was to convert the various denominations into the closest local denominations and use the coins interchangably. </p><p><br /></p><p>So if one person used a 2 reale as a quarter - the next person did as well. To them - it was just a quarter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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