Texas was part of Mexico at this time. Texas also was sparsely populated and Mexico wanted settlers to come and protect the area from Native Americans. Mexico citizens did not want to settle there, so the Mexican government invited Americans to settle and offered a tax exemption for a period of ten years.
The U.S. did not mint silver dollars between 1805 and 1835inclusive. Please check the date and post a new, separate questionwith a more complete description of the coin.
