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THE INSCRIPTIONS ON MEXICAN DOLLARS. 



Austria 



Belgium 



Bolivia 



Brazil 



British Possessions in N. Amer 



Bogota 



Central America 



Chili 



Denmark 



Ecuador 



Egypt 



France 



Great Britain 



Greece 



German Empire 



Japan 



India 



Italy 



Liberia 



Mexico 



Netherlands 



Norway 



.Peru 



Portugal 



Russia 



Sandwich Islands 



Spain 



Sweden 



Switzerland 



Tripoli 



Tunis 



Turkey 



United States of Columbia. . . 



MONETARY UNIT. 



Florin 



Franc 



Dollar 



Milreis of 1,000 reis . . 



Dollar 



Peso 



Dollar 



Peso 



Crown 



Dollar ... ... . . 



Pound of 100 piasters . 



Franc 



Pound sterling 



Drachma 



Mark 



Ven . 



Rupee of 16 annas . . . 



Lira 



Dollar . . 



Dollar 



Florin 



Crown 



Dollar 



Milreis of 1,000 reis. . . 

 Rouble of 100 copecks 



Dollar 



Peseta of 100 centimes 



Crow a 



Franc 



Mahbub of 20 piasters . 

 Piaster of 16 caroubs . 



Piaster 



Peso 



STANDARD. 



Silver 



Gold and silver 

 Gold and silver 



Gold 



Gold 



Gold 



Silver 



Gold 



Gold 



Silver 



Gold ..... 



Gold and silver 

 Gold. ..... 



Gold and silver 

 Gold .... 



Gold ... 

 Silver . . . 

 Gold and silver 

 Gold .... 



Silver . . . 



Gold and silver 



Gold .... 

 Silver . . . 

 Gold . . . , 

 Silver . . . 

 Gold .... 

 Gold and silver 

 Gold . . 

 Gold and silver 

 Silver . . . 

 Silver . . . 

 Gold . . . 

 Silver . . . 



.45,3 

 .19,3 

 .96,5 

 .54,5 



$1.00 

 .96,5 

 .91,8 

 .91,2 

 .26,8 

 .91.8 

 4.97,4 

 .19,3 



4.86,6^ 

 .19,3 

 .23,8 

 .99,7 

 .43,6 

 .19,3 

 1.00 



.38,5 



.26,8 



.91,8 



.08 



.73,4 



.00 



.19,3 



.26,8 



.19,3 



.82,9 



.11,8 



.04,3 



.91.8 



STANDARD COIN. 



Florin. 



5, 10 and 20 francs. 



Escudo, }t, bolivar.bolivar. 



None. 



Dollar. 



Condor, doubloon, escudo. 



10 and 20 crowns. 



Dollar. 



5, 10, 25, 50 piasters. 



5. 10, 20 francs, 



% sovereign, sovereign. 



5, 10, 20, 50, 100 draehmas. 



5, 10, 20 marks. 



1, 2, 5, 10, 20 yen. 



5, 10, 20, 50, 100 lire. 



Peso or dollar, 5, 10, 25, 



50 centavo. 

 Florin; 10 guldens, gold, 



($4.01,9.) 

 10 and 20 crowns. 



2, 5, 10 milreis. 

 X, X, 1 rouble. 



5, 10, 20, 50, 100 pesetas. 

 10, 20 crowns, 

 5, 10, 20 francs. 



25, 50, 100, 250, 500 piasters 



The above rates will be taken in estimating the values of all foreign mer- 

 chandise made out in any of said currencies, imported on or after January i, 

 1878. I am, very respectfully, John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury. 



THE INSCRIPTIONS ON MEXICAN DOLLARS. 



Kansas City, August 7, 1878. 



Editor Western Review of Science and Industry : 



Sir : — Having had some communication with Senor Romero Paferio, Super- 

 intendent of the republican mint at the city of Mexico, in reference to the inscrip- 

 tion upon the obverse of the Mexican dollar, I herewith give you for publication 

 the facts obtained from him. The coinage is almost, if not entirely, confined to 

 the owners and proprietors of the heavy gold and silver mines throughout the 

 several states of the Republic who are empowered and given full authority by the 

 government to coin all bullion by them received into standard coins of the 

 Republic; the law, however, compelling them to stamp all such coins with the 

 value of the coin, place of coinage, date, assayer's name and fineness of metal. 

 In pursuance of this law I give a complete list of the readings and translations of 

 the dollars of 1878, the only additional information necessary being that eight 

 reales equal one peso or dollar, and ten dimes, or twenty granos, are equivalent 

 to nine hundred and three parts of silver to the one thousand 



