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W. H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Peru（1847）

William H. Prescott（Project Gutenberg）

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  1. Barter at markets held three times a month (according to Sarmiento and Garcilaso).
  2. Gold was "the tears shed by the sun" (citation from the manuscript Conq. i Pob. del Piru, note 17).
  3. 1,326,539 pesos of gold. Melted down by Indian goldsmiths in a full month.

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