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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 17834988, member: 101855&quot;]The 1792 half disme was the introduction of the decimal system of coinage in the United States. The reale was part of that system only to the extent that the Coinage Act of 1792 called for a quarter dollar which was 2 reales instead of a 20 cent piece which would have been more in keeping with base 10. </p><p><br /></p><p>The trouble was the first United States Mint was too small to supply enough coins to the country. Its problems were made worse by the fact that the gold coins were too heavy relative to the silver coins, and the whole idea of a bi-metallic monetary system was unworkable. It took years for the American officials, as well as officials in other countries, to figure that out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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