Chocolate For Trade : Spain

What was the value of chocolate in exchange for currency?

Spain 1545

200 beans = Turkey cock

100 beans = daily wage of porter

100 beans = Turkey Hen

100 beans = rabbit

30 beans = small rabbit

3 beans = turkey egg

3 beans = new avocado

3 beans = fish wrapped in maize husks

1 bean = ripe avocado

1 bean = tomato

1 bean = tamale

200 small cacao beans = 1 Spanish real (or 4 cents) (circa 1625)

Chocolate has been valued for a long time and is still in high demand.


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