I have been working with a collection of business papers dating in the first 
half of the 19th century and Richmond are still using pounds, shillings, and 
pence in the 1850's. It looks like imported products are listed in the 
British units but I've not studied it yet.
HBG
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Subject: [VA-HIST] question about money


>I haven't had any posts from this group today, maybe it's just the 
>weekend, or the system is malfunctioning again. Anyway, if anyone  gets 
>this, why would Virginians in the very early 1800s [1801 and  1807] still 
>use the British monetary units, pounds, shillings, etc? I  have an estate 
>inventory in Charlotte County that lists everything in  British 
>denominations, and a land sale in Chesterfield that does  likewise. Was it 
>just some old-timers who grew up using British  monies and continued to do 
>so? Why weren't dollars, etc. used  instead? Had the financial system not 
>yet been standardized?
>
> thanks,
>
> Nancy
>
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