10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PISTAREEN»
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pistareen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pistareen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations Struck ...
In the Peninsula, the coins were the dollar, formerly of ten reals, but now of twenty
reals vellon, the half, the peseta or pistareen, which is one-fifth of the dollar, or
four reals vellon, and the half and quarter pistareen. The legal fineness of all of ...
2
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of ...
Indictment for forging a silver coin of Spain, called a head pistareen, which the
indictment alleged was, by law, made current in the United States. Held, that the
head pistareen is no part of the Spanish milled dollar. That such pistareen or
piece ...
United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton,
1836
3
United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court
Indictment for forging a silver coin of Spain, called a head pistareen, which the
indictment alleged was, by law, made current in the United States. Held, that the
head pistareen is no part of the Spanish milled dollar. That such pistareen or
piece ...
United States. Supreme Court, Alexander James Dallas, William Cranch,
1853
4
A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations, struck ...
In the Peninsula, the coins were the dollar, formerly of ten reals, but now of twenty
reals vellon, the half, the peseta or pistareen, which is one-fifth of the dollar, or
four reals vellon, and the half and quarter pistareen. The legal fineness of all of ...
Jacob Reese Eckfeldt, William Ewing Du Bois,
1842
5
Money and Exchange in Canada to 1900
Monetary reform in Upper Canada In 1796 the pistareen had been overrated at 1
shilling in both Upper and Lower Canada. Over the years with continued wear
this overrating increased with the result that it became, along with the half-ecu,
the ...
The Spanish Pistareen.' . In the Spanish Wars of Succession, at the beginning of
the eighteenth century, a quantity of “base” coins representing twc reels, or H, of “
new plate," were issued by the rival claimants, with a profitable reduction of the ...
7
The Medical Repository (And Review Of American Publications ...
After carefully removing the cuticle of three or four flies from, the white substance
in the abdomen, I powdered it, weighing about half a grain, and spread the
powder on a plaster about the size of a pistareen, and applied it to the ankle of
one of ...
Samuel Latham Mitchill, Edward Miller, Elihu Hubbard Smith,
1805
8
Practical and mental arithmetic, on a new plan, in which ...
How many cents is i of a dollar? A. 50. r. How many cents is } of a dollar? A. 75. {.
How many cents is one dollar ? A. 100. \. How many cents is a pistareen ? A. 20. j
. How many cents is half a pistareen? A. 10. \. How many 9 pences in a dollar ?
Roswell Chamberlain Smith,
1837
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Medical Repository of Original Essays and Intelligence ...
After carefully removing the cuticle of three or four flies from the white substance
in the abdomen, I powdered it, weighing about half a grain, and spread the
powder on a plaster about the size of a pistareen, and applied it to the ankle of
one of ...
Samuel Latham Mitchell, Edward Miller,
1799
10
Lord Durham's report on the affairs of British North America
In 1830 Upper Canada passed an act demonetizing the pistareen and French
silver coins, and Lower Canada reduced the rating of the pistareen about the
same time. ' The result was to establish the dollar, in lieu of the pistareen, as the ...
John George Lambton Durham (Earl of), Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas,
1839
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PISTAREEN»
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pistareen is used in the context of the following news items.
Hathcock History: Do South Padre sands hold hidden treasure?
They are much blackened and resemble the old pistareen or Spanish two reale coin similar in size and value to our silver quarter. It is strange ... «Valley morning Star, Mar 14»
Counterfeiting Virginia's currency
While the colonies did not yet have their own coins, they did have foreign coins, such as the Spanish silver “pistareen” (worth about 20 cents), ... «The Daily Progress, Feb 14»
20-Cent Piece an Ill-Fated Experiment
The 20-cent piece sprang from the Spanish silver coin called a pistareen, which circulated in the United States in the 18th and early 19th ... «NumisMaster.com, Aug 13»
The Language of Coins - What is an Eagle?
... Tenth” would be equal to the Spanish Pistareen and approximately equal to the French Livre which was familiar from French war loans. «CoinLink, Mar 10»