[ranchos] "Dos Reales Cedules"

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This is correct. In Powell's book about Miguel Caldera he has a footnote: "... This peso de oro común was the basic accounting unit of the royal treasury in Mexico, and its value was 272 maravedis, divided into eight reales or tomines of 34 maravedis each (hence, later, the "piece of eight" and our "bit", one eighth of a dollar). " Thus it is 2 bits or a quarter of a peso. 
George
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Hi Joseph, my dad just emailed me and said this coin

is a twenty five cent coin, he remembers his dad use

to tell him that but he also looked it up in the

Spanish dictionery to be sure.


Carol


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Hi, Carol!  Just wanted to tell you that my aunt Carmen says we have a relative surnamed Muro!  Marge:)
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Hi Joseph, my dad just emailed me and said this coin
is a twenty five cent coin, he remembers his dad use
to tell him that but he also looked it up in the
Spanish dictionery to be sure.

Carol

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well since there seems to be a little interest and since all I need is not even a crack in the door to jump in with both feet. here are some better pictures: 
Carol Turner wrote:




Hi Joseph, my dad just emailed me and said this coin

is a twenty five cent coin, he remembers his dad use

to tell him that but he also looked it up in the
Spanish dictionery to be sure.



Carol


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Well that is DEFINITELY much better.  I had originally thought the item was a seal, like the kind imprinted on wax.:)  Marge:)
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well since there seems to be a little interest and since all I need is
not even a crack in the door to jump in with both feet. here are some
better pictures:



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>Hi Joseph, my dad just emailed me and said this coin
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>Spanish dictionery to be sure.
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