Holograph table comparing Dutch and French coinage, with notes on the value of English money in Dunkirk
The three Guilder piece of Holland is worth | 5s 2∟d. |
Ten Guilders 15 Stivers in such money are worth | 18s.. 7 |
Ten Guilders 10 Stivers worth | 18. 2 |
Loss by the exchange | 1. 9 |
Allowed to ye soldiers in part of their loss | 0. 5 |
Loss to the soldies | 1. 4 |
The French Crown is worth 5 livers | 5s. 1d |
The English Crown is valed {sic} at | |
Seventeen Livers are worth | 17. 3 |
Loss by the exchange | 2. 8 |
Whereof th allowed to ye soldiers | 0. 8=0.lw. 13sous |
Totall allowed to ye soldiers |
And {sic} English Crown is worth in French specie money | |
Twenty shillings are worth intrinsecally | 19. 1 |
Extrinsecally | 17 |
Loss by exchange | 2. 13. 8 |
A quarter of that loss | 0. 13. 5 |
Allowed to ye soldiers | 17. 13. 5 |
An English Crown is intrinsecally worth in Dutch specie money | 2G. 17 |
Twenty Shillings English are worth intrinsecally in Dutch specie money | 11. 10 |
extrinsically | 10. 10 |
Loss Allowed to ye Soldiers | 0. 4. 0 |
Total allowed to the soldiers | 10. 15. 0 |
The three Guilder piece of Holland | } | |
And thence 20s in new english silver money is worth in new Dutch silver money at a medium | } | 11G. 9st. 5denar. |
Twenty shillings English silver pass in Holland for | 10. 10. 0 | |
Loss by the exchange 8 pr cent | 0. 19. 5 | |
Whereof Her Maty allowed the | 0. 5. 0 | |
And the forces bare the loss of | ||
[Which allowance is | 0. 14. 5 |
The French Crown new species is worth in new English Silver money 5s. 1d. And thence twenty shillings English are worth in French silver money new species | } | 19.Livrs |
Twenty Shillings English money pass | 17. 0. | |
Loss by the Exchange | 2. |
And as 39 to 10 so is this loss to 13{illeg} sous 8 deniers. And the next round number is 14 sous {illeg} an allowance proportional to ye loss. And the next round number is 14 sous. Which if her Maty should think fit to add to the 17 Livers, the allowance for 20s English will amount unto 17Liv. 14sous in Dunkirk., recconing a new french crown at 5 Livers, & the soldiers will still lose about ten pr cent by the exchange
Quære whether the loss by the exchangevalue of English money in Dunkirk may not diminishencrease in times of peace & what allowance may be made on that acct
Which loss being divided between her Maty & the forces in the same proportion as before, her Majts allowance will come to 13{illeg}d sous 8 deniers or the next round number, 14 sous, & the loss born by the souldiers will be 1.liv. 19.sous 5∟3d wch is about ten per cent. This allowance added to <159v> the 17 livers makes 17 lvers, {illeg}14 sous to be paid at Dunkirk for 20s eEnglish, recconing the French crown new species at 5 livre{illeg}s. Whether her Majty will make this allowance or increase or diminish it is hum most humbly submitted to her Majts pleasure.
The three Gilder piece of Holland new out of the | ||
mint is worth in new English silver mone | } | 11Gil. 9st. 5den |
Twenty shillings of English silver money lately passed in Holland for | 10. 10. 0 | |
The loss by the exchange was | 0. 19. 5 | |
Whereof her Maty allowed to the forces in Flanders | 0. 5. 0 | |
And the forces | } | 0. 14. 5 |
The French Crown new species passed at Dunkirk for 5 livres & is worth in new English silver money 5s 1d a | } | 4 | |
Twenty shillings of English silver money passes at Dunkirk for | 1 | ||
The loss by the Exchange is |
Which loss being divided between her Majty & the forces at Dunkir amounts in the same proportion as in the payment of the forces ain Flanders, her Majesties allowance to the forces at Dunkirk in part of that loss will come to 13.sous 8deniers, or, in the next round number, to 14 sous.
And the loss to be born by the soldiers will be 1 liver, 19 sous, 5∟3 derniers which is about 10 per cent.
Whether
According to this recconing the forces will receive 17.liv 14sous for at Dunkirk for {illeg}20s English, recconing a French Crown new species at 5 livres. But whether her Majty shall think fit to approve or alter this allowance is most humbly submitted to her Majts pleasure.
Source
MINT 19/2/159-60, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK1713?, c. 837 words.