Monetas

[whitetail]

This Mexican 1/4 real coin (called a cuartilla in its day) is one of my favorites. I got it a long time ago; long before I learned the significance of the year imprinted on it. (That's a U.S. quarter next to it for scale.)

Comments

hexadecimal money

[mejeep]

Long before computers popularized hexadecimal (base 16), there were currencies with 16-to-the-whole, thus the base 16 abacus and counting beads!

Re: hexadecimal money

[whitetail]

Very interesting!