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1966.20

ID Number: 1966.20
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: coin
Date: 1805
Materials: METAL, SILVER
Description: Mexican (Spanish colony); 8 reales; milled edge; obverse: draped bust; reverse: crowned arms between pillars
History: Found at site of Ernwigle Scout Camp while there on a campout in 1958. Camp site east of Wheatley dock. The real was a currency used in Mexico until 1897. At the time this coin was produced in 1805 Mexico was a Spanish colony.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Banks / Banques subject

Scouts organization

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