1858 - 24¢ Rate to Scotland |
Mexico Two Reales |
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23 June 1858 Red River
Settlement, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Although the postal regulations required prepayment by stamps at the time the above letter was mailed, stamps were frequently unavailable. Minnesota had become a state in May 1858 but territorial designation in postmark continued. |
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1838 two reales coin minted in Guanajuato, Mexico |
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Although the Mexican coins had lost their legal tender status in 1857, they continued to circulate in more remote areas such as the upper Midwest at only a fractional discount from there previous value of twenty five cents. |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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