A New England Boyhood

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First, she had her own children, to whom she gave twelve and a half cents each. There was a considerable number of nephews 102 A NEW ENGLAND BOYHOOD.
and nieces who might or might not look in; but if they did, each of them was also sure to have a "ninepence, " which was the name given to the Spanish piece which was half a "quarter dollar. " American silver coinage was still very rare.
It may be of use to young orators, getting ready to speak on the silver question, to know that when, in 1652, t
...he colony of Massachu setts Bay assumed the royal privilege of the mint and coined its own silver, the leaders thought they could keep this silver at home by making the coin two-thirds the weight of the king s silver. The Massachusetts shilling, therefore, was two-thirds the weight of the English shilling. Six shillings went to the Spanish dollar. It proved that Spanish coin became very largely the currency of the colo nies, and so of the States, for long years after independence. We took the Spanish dollar for our unit when we made a national cur rency.

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