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COINAGE.
COINAGE of Mexico from 1535 to 1849, inclusive, omitting the
fractions of a dollar.
| mints. | silver. | gold. | copper. | total. |
| 1535 to 1690 | ||||
| City of Mexico | $620,000,000 | $31,000,000 | $651,000,000 | |
| 1690 to 1844 | ||||
| City of Mexico | 1,606,225,922 | 88,597,827 | 5,323,765 | 1,700,147,514 |
| 1811 to 1884 | ||||
| Chihuahua | 6,629,875 | 368,248 | 50,428 | 7,048,551 |
| 1811 to 1884 | ||||
| Durango | 21,815,913 | 1,986,069 | 23,801,982 | |
| 1812 to 1844 | ||||
| Guadalajara | 17,840,720 | 364,629 | 61,217 | 18,266,566 |
| 1844 | ||||
| Guadalupe y Calvo | 338,124 | 95,004 | 433,128 | |
| 1812 to 1844 | ||||
| Guanajuato | 50,998,241 | 4,370,700 | 55,368,941 | |
| 1827 to 1844 | ||||
| San Luis Potosi. | 18,531,428 | 23,517 | 18,554,945 | |
| 1828, 1829, and 1830 | ||||
| Tlalpam | 959,116 | 203,544 | 1,162,660 | |
| 1810 to 1844. | ||||
| Zacatecas | 120,375,366 | 107,949 | 120,483,315 | |
| All the Mexican mints, from the end of 1844 to the end of 1849, at the rate of $14,000,000 per annum, which was the approximate total coinage in 1844 [1] | 70,000,000 | |||
| Totals, | $2,465,275,954 | $126,986,021 | $5,566,879 | $2,667,828,851 |
RESUME.
| Silver coinage from | 1535 to 1844, | inclusive | $2,465,275,954 |
| Gold do | 1535 to 1844, | do | 126,986,021 |
| copper do | 1811 to 1844, | do | 5,566,876 |
| copper do | 1811 to 1844, | do | 5,566,876 |
| General coinage, from | 1845 to 1849, | both inclusive | 70,000,000 |
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| Total coinage of Mexico to present time,or in 314 years | $2,667,828,851 | ||
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Or, avoiding fractions, nearly $8,500,000 yearly.
- ↑ The actual coinage of all the mints in the republic in 1844 amounted, in fact, to the sum of $13,732,861; but we assume $14,000,000 as a fair annual average for a period of several years.
