Spanish currency, circulating widely in the colonies, sometimes in dollars.

> On Oct 7, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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? 
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