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The first Mexican peso

DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
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From the November 2007 Whitman Review:

Milestone Coins takes you from ancient Greece to medieval Europe, to colonial Latin America and the Wild West of the 1800s. Read an excerpt as author Ken Bressett tells the dramatic tale of Emperor Maximilian and 'The First Mexican Peso' . . . .


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  • Rickc300Rickc300 Posts: 876 ✭✭
    Interesting short story... I visited Mexico City about 20 years ago and have seen the avenue but never knew the story behind it.

    Thanks for the link!

    Rick
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