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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)

Note 60 — Chapter XCII

John Ingram Lockhart translation

Cacao nuts should be cacao beans; they were used by the Mexicans as small coin, and even to this day, according to Humboldt, they form the smallest coin among the inhabitants of New Spain. (p. 238.)

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