Draft of MINT00285 (Mint 19/2/104-5)
In England Scotland, Holland France, Flanders, Holland, Hamborough, Florence Leghorn Venice Rome Genoa Lucca Millaon they reccon by pounds, Livres, or Lires {illeg} Shillings, schellings, sols, soldi & pence pennings, deniers, gross or picabli in the proportion of 20 & 12 to one. In Holland & Flanders they call theym Livres de g schellingsols & deniers de gross or pondt Vlems schellings & gross. And there they reccon also by Florens or Guilders, sols common or Styvers or Patars & Pennings or Penning{illeg}en in the proportion of 20 & 16 to one. A livre de gross is six Florens, & a sol de gross six styvers.
As in England we reccon by pounds shillings & pence so in France they reccon in the same proportion in France by livres sols & deniers, in Millain Genoa {illeg}Millain Genoa Luca Bergame by Lires soldi & Deniers; in Venice by Lires soldi & Piccoli, in Rome Florence & LeghornFlorence & Leghorn by Ecus or Escuti {illeg} solds & deniers d'or, In Nove by Ecus sols & deniers de MarksIn Nove by Ecus sols & deniers de Marck In Florence & Leghorn by they reccon also in the same proportion by Lires soldi & Graces EcusLires soldi & Graces alsorecconingaccounting 7{illeg} Lires to be 1 Ecu d'or: So also in Flanders & Holland & Hambrough they reccon in the same proportion by Livres sols & deniers de gross or Pondt Vlaems, schellings & gross in the same proportion. {illeg} There also they reccon by Florens or Guilders, Sols common or Styvers or Patars & Pennings numbering 16 Pennings to a Sol common, &styver or Patar . 20 soltyvers to a Floren or Guilder & 6 Florens to a Livre de gross & 2 Florens to a Rixdoller . {illeg} In Hamborough they reccon by Livres In Haborough {sic} they reccon 12 grosses or deniers sol de gross Sols de gross or schellings & deniers de gross or grosses in the same proportion. They reccon also in Marcs lubs Sols lubs & deniers lubs & also in RixDollers sols & deniers ds & deniers ye grosslubs counting [6 sols lubs or sols common to a sol de gross 12 Pennings or 2 Gross to a sol] 12 deniers to as Sol, s common& 6 sols to a sol de gross 16 sols to a Marc & & 48 Marks Sols to a Rixdoller, & six sols to a sol de grossthdee gros to a sol de gros or schelling 20 schellings to a livre de gross. They reccon also 12 deniers lubs to a Sol lub, 6 sols lubs to a sol de gros, 16 sols lubs to a Marc & 48 sols lubs to a Rixdoller.
In spain they reccon by Maravadis counting 34 Maravadis to a Reau {illeg} 8 Reaus of old plate to a Piastre or piece in piece of eight & two Piastres old plate & 11 Reaus to a Ducat in Merchandice & 11 Reaus to a Ducat & one Maravadi to a Ducat in bills for Exchange. In the year 1676 their money was raised 25 per cent so that 10 Reaus of new plate make an old Piastre & now they coyn at Sevil & & new Piastres lighter {illeg} then the former in proportion of 5 to 4 so yt 8 Reaus of new plate make a new Piastre.
In Portugal they reccon by Res, counting 400 Re 20 Res to a Vintain, 100 Res to a Teston, 400 Res to a piece Curusado & 500 Res to a Patagon. But in the year 1643 they raised their money 250 pr cent marking Crusados markt to pass for 480 res & Patagons for markt for 600.
At Nalples they count by Carlins re 5 grains to a Tarin, 10 grains to a Carlin & 10 Carlins to a Ducat de Banco & 12 Carlins to a Ducat d'or.
At Leipsic & Naumberg Berlin & Berlin they count 12 Fenins to a gross 24 Gross to a Rix doller.
At Dantzick Riga & Coningsberg they count 18 Pennings to a gross, 30 Gros to a Tinf Guilder or Floren & 3Tinfs or Florens to a Rix doller
At Stockholm they count 3 Mares of copper to a mare of Silver & 8 Marcs of copp silver to a Rixdoller
AtIn Danemarck 13 Fenins or Pennings make a cheling or Danish or sol, 16 chelings a Mark Danish or Rick Mark & 6 Marks a Rixdoller. Also 2 Chelings Dans make a Chelings lubs or of Lubec & 2 Marcs Dans a Mark lubs
In several other parts of Europe they have other ways of reccoing
In Savoy & Piemont 4 Quatrines make a soldo & 20 soldi a Lire
At Frankford & Nuremberg, 8 Fenins make a Crutzer, 60 Crutzers a Floren & 90 Crutzers or 1 Florens a Rixdoller.
Source
MINT 19/2/36, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKBefore 1 July 1702, c. 807 words.