Definition

• A popular name in the Southern States and the Mississippi val- ley for the Spanish Medio or half Real. It was originally valued at six and a quar- ter Cents, biit at a later period the same designation was applied to the half Dime and the five Cent piece.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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