Can anyone read this shorthand note ---- ? 0

[RWB]

[Blue arrow.]

The note seems to imply that at least 1 Philippine peso coin was sent to the controller. But $2,07 seems awfully expensive for a coin officially valued at 50-cents.

[Henri Charriere]

If my life depended on decoding this, I would lose it. Instead, let's dispense with the preliminaries...

The pesos, minted in the U.S. and dated 1903 to 1906 had a silver content "equal to the Morgan dollar" and, like the Morgan, were comprised of 90% silver and 10% copper.

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Colorado became a state in 1876, the same year the telephone was invented. Shipping costs? Air mail was not yet available. The first flight was in 1903, only months earlier.

The dot over the "v" on top is a mystery, as is the single quotation mark. We are left with 2.08 j n c "is" 3 (open "g" or "y") x.