How did the United States pay for the Louisiana Purchase?

by damartian64

The way I understand it the funds came from the treasury, but how did they change hands? Did the US just send shipments of Gold or other goods to Napoleon? What with difference in currency, it couldn’t just be paper money or anything like that right?

random_dent

This was answered before. Here's the previous answer.

originally posted by /u/stravadarius