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PICTURES OF LIFE IN MEXICO.

Copper Coins.

£ s. d.
The currtillanearly 0 0 134
The claco, or jola rather over 0 0 034
The grano 0 0 012

The gold doblon, or onza (doubloon) is still in use: its par value is sixteen dollars; but from its conveniency for remittances in the absence of a paper currency it commands a high premium insomuch as to be frequently valued in the north at from eighteen to twenty dollars.

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