From a 1790 Almanac Público Deposited
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Here's an interesting note found at the bottom of the FEBRUARY page
in Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack:
"RATES OF AMERICAN COIN. -- An Eagle is ten Dol. -- Half-Eagle 5
dol. -- Double Dime, a Pist. Dime, Half-do. cent 1 cop."
Pretty standard stuff, except that the date of this Almanack was 1790!
Ron Guth
www.coinfacts.com - 2001-09-30
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