Spanish silver dollars were long accepted as currency in the American colonies.
Ralph Mann
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Subject: Dollars in 1764?
This is a first. I am looking at a bill of sale dated 6 Jul 1764 in Lancaster County from John Kent, Jr. to Abraham White for a slave girl named Sinah. The consideration is given as “thirty two dollars and twenty five pounds current money of Virginia.” DOLLARS in 1764?
Craig Kilby
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