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palani
3rd August 2012, 06:59 PM
Might as well call a spade a spade. This is from an 1810 dictionary of commerce and trade to be found here under the topic MONEY

http://books.google.com/books?id=FdovAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA9-PT677&lpg=RA9-PT677&dq=letter+of+marque&source=bl&ots=nrPuxkGn2A&sig=8OwW9c0TG4a3Raa8TBFH93jiDFs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mXscUMazGK-WyAHumoHoBQ&ved=0CGwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=letter%20of%20marque&f=false



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palani
3rd August 2012, 07:03 PM
From the same source

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The alternative to CURRENCY is STERLING.

palani
3rd August 2012, 07:15 PM
Seems a dollar in the original 13 states of the U.S. was not uniform in value

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