Don, and everyone else who has responded to this question: Thanks a bunch!! The exchange rate does make sense because I have seen where these rates were posted/noted in old records. I've even seen where they'd except Fox furs, etc... for titheables; guessing they were having problems w/these animals and their crops at the particular time. And the Lime story makes sense too. I recall reading where once a wagon of limes came to a mountain region and someone was brought to court for supposedly "Slandering" saying the man intended to keep all the limes for himself (not going to share any of them). I just feel it's fascinating to get into how the people existed and what they did way back yonder <g>. Thanks again for all your input!! Brenda