Question

Between _________, it is estimated that Spanish America produced 150,000 tons of silver (including gold converted into silver weight), corresponding roughly to 85% of the world production and underlying the extraordinary role of American silver in the money economies of Spain, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, especially China.

Answer 1

Answer:

1550 - 1750

Explanation:

The primary mining centers in colonial Spanish America were Potosi in southern Bolivia, and Zacatecas and Guanajuato in northern Mexico. Measured in current dollars, silver worth tens billions of dollars was extracted and shipped to Europe during colonial times, but currently those places are extremely poor.