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Subject:	Re: 1800 Money
From:	Douglas Deal <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:15:14 -0400
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I think most of the post-1800 references to "pounds" would have been to
the old Virginia currency, and not to "pounds sterling" (British
currency). In the first couple of decades after the Revolution, other
currencies were also pretty common (mainly Spanish, French, and Portuguese
gold coins). There was, finally, a lot of paper money of various
descriptions and the old stand-by, commodity money. The money situation
could get quite confusing, as people tried to make sense of (i.e., gauge
the real current value of) all the different coins, paper, and
commodities.

Douglas Deal
Professor of History and Director of General Education
State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, NY 13126
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