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Pepper was once so valuable it was used as a form of money. Here in New York City, Trinity Church paid a rent of one peppercorn per year to the King of England. In 1976, Queen Elizabeth II came to New York and was paid 279 peppercorns in back rent.
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Trinity-Church,-New-York
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