As I recall that was one of the reasons for the colonies joining together, since each had their own money values and doing trade was difficult. Thanks for the wiki idea. -----Original Message----- From: nywashin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nywashin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SCa1390698@aol.com Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 8:44 AM To: NYWASHIN@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYWASHIN] US dollar vs pounds If you search for United States dollar on Wikipedia there is a good explanation of the history of the dollar and when it was first minted. Also, consider that the pound that was used to purchase the land was a Colonial pound issued by one of the states and not US currency or the British pound. Sue **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All; Yes, now I remember. In the beginning each state wanted their own money But, finally every state went by the same. Some historians say that if this wasn't done it would have ruined what they had a free country governed by themselves and not England etc. Dee On 7/5/08 1:54 PM, "Janet Garland" <erlabri@cox.net> wrote: > > As I recall that was one of the reasons for the colonies joining together, > since each had their own money values and doing trade was difficult. > > Thanks for the wiki idea. > > -----Original Message----- > From: nywashin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nywashin-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of SCa1390698@aol.com > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 8:44 AM > To: NYWASHIN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NYWASHIN] US dollar vs pounds > > If you search for United States dollar on Wikipedia there is a good > explanation of the history of the dollar and when it was first minted. > Also, > consider that the pound that was used to purchase the land was a Colonial > pound > issued by one of the states and not US currency or the British pound. > > Sue > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message