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

[c_eagle]

A fraction on it... very cool!

[mondhasen]

....and an abbreviation on the quarter!

Good info for inquiring minds :D

[dexter_fox]

So that's a 1/4 real piece against a 1/4 dollar. But the dollar is 8 reales, so a US quarter is 2 reales. So the US quarter is worth 8 times the adjoining cuartilla.

Given the distinction, I guess the US mint couldn't just call their coin a 'quarter', but had to say 'quarter-dollar' and abbreviate, given that the real and its cuartillas were popular and probably in concurrent circulation in parts of the southwest US

[porsupah]

Bah! Eagles, always with the eagles! Why can't more currency designers hold appreciation for leporines? Hmph. =:)

and, in British America, each 1 real piece was called a "bit."

A tradition wisely carried over to Equestria, of course. ^_^ (Without the need for cutting the coinage, though, as an understandable convenience)

non-eagle animals

[mejeep]

African countries have other animals on their currency. Canada has the lynx and the loon (thus the "looney" and "tooney" coins). Quatemala's currency is the "Quetzal", featuring the tiny ky00t birdie!

Re: non-eagle animals

[albear]

Guatemala, I fixed for you.

[greenreaper]

Great, now I'm stuck thinking of the It's a fake... - it's reaaal! video. :-p