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COINAGE. 



COINAGE of Mexico from 1535 to 1849, inclusive, omitting the frac- 

 tions of a dollar. 



MINTS. 



1535 to 1690. 

 City of Mexico 



1690 to 1844. 

 City of Mexico 



1811 to 1844. 

 Chihuahua 



1811 to 1844. 

 Durango 



1812 to 1844. 

 Guadalajara 



1844. 



Guadalupe y Calvo. . 

 1812 to 1844. 



Guanajuato 



]827 to 1844. 



San Luis Potosi 



1810, 1811, and 1812. 



Sombrerete 



1828, 1829, and 1830. 



Tlalpam 



1810 to 1844. 



Zacatecas 



All the Mexican 

 mints, from the end 

 of 1844 to the end 

 of 1849, at the rate 

 of #14,000,000 per 

 annum, which was 

 the approximate to- 

 tal coinage in 1844 1 



Totals 



$2,465,275,954 



$620,000,000 



$31,000,000 



i cc\c nor c\c\ci 



oo,o97,o27 



6,629,875 



368,248 



21,815,913 



1,986,069 



17,340,720 



364,629 



338,124 



95,004 



50,998,241 



4,370,700 



18,531,428 

 1,561,249 

 959,116 







203,544 



120,375,366 





$126,986,021 



$5,323,765 

 50,428 



61,217 



23,517 



107,949 



$5,566,876 



RESUME. 



Silver coinage from 1535 to 1844, inclusive . $2,465,275,954 



Gold do 1535 to 1844, do . 126,986,021 



Copper do 1811 to 1844, do . 5,566,876 



General coinage, from 1845 to 1849, both inclusive 70,000,000 



Total coinage of Mexico to present time, or in 



314 years $2,667,828,851 



Or, avoiding fractions, nearly $8,500,000 yearly. 



1 The actual coinage of all the mints in the republic in 1844 amounted, in fact, to 

 the sum of $13,732,861 ; but we assume $14,000,000 as a fair annual average for a 

 period of several years. 



