I'm reading a book that takes place at the turn of the 20th century, and it refers to an Italian immigrant sending money home to his family in Italy from America, where he was working. In what form did immigrants send money home? Was American currency accepted worldwide, or did the immigrants exchange money to their native currency, as we do now?
2007-01-05
15:33:14
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Rebecca
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I'm not saying I think American money wasn't good back then, I'm wondering in what form they sent it back to their native countries. If someone in a small Italian village received American money (in the early 1900s), could they use it in their village, just like Italian money?
2007-01-05
15:42:45 ·
update #1