WHITE] ARCHAIC MONETARY TERMS OF THE UNITED STATES 



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FlG 27. — Peso = eight reals = piece of eight. Value, one dollar. 



Fig. 28. — Half peso = four reals = four shillings in New York, four bits in the 

 South and West, and three shillings in New England. Value, half a dollar. 



Fig. 29. — Quarter peso = two reals = two shillings in New York = two bits in 

 the South and West = one shilling and sixpence in New England. Value, 

 quarter of a dollar. 



Fig. 30. — Real = one shilling in New 

 York = ninepence in New England 

 = levy in the eastern middle States 

 = bit in the South and West. Value, 

 12 V-, cents. 



Fig. 31. — Medio = sixpence in New 

 York = fo'pns hapny in New Eng- 

 land =fip or fipnybit in the eastern 

 middle States = picayune in the 

 South and West. Value, 6^ cents. 



