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eighteen centimes. About seventy thousand

plasters underwent this operation, fo jess than

a vear all the pierced gourdes, and even tue

ligthe pieces wuich were cat oat, had disappeared

from circulation by exportation abroad, Then io weet

ther urgeet wants, t coined twooey of lead, pewtlar

or copper, callea Hayti money, and which the soldiers

themselves coived public'y on the rampaits, in sight

of the eremy and n=] 1 efforts of (he suthon-

ties. To get rid of this nl 8 now monay

was decree d—the serpent money—iwe-tdirds alloy, 10

the amoant ¢I ore Wu buwndred taousacd

gourdes whick lasted vetil From that time dates

the edligy money of five-tweliths intrivsie valoe to the

amourt of 100,006 goardes, which gradually wwereased

urti! 1574, when it was 1,300 000 goardes; and from

that time to 1534, when it cewsadto be mace, there oad

been 2,005,519 gotrdes ipetade value je cirenlstion.

The imperial necessities slso required, in 13, the

euussion of treasury bills, and these, together with toe

alloyed money, form the current money of the evan'ry

to this day, without connling the Copper wouey Chics

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York daily tribune. (1859). New-York [N.Y.], 1859-08-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1859-08-01/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1859-08-01.