Printed ready-reckoner, compiled by George Brown, of the value in sterling silver of varying finenesses of bullion (for the use of merchants supplying bullion to the Mint) (Edinburgh, 1687)

Author: Brown, George

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1 Table																						To the most Honourable Robert Earle of Oxford and Mortimer Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain.										2 Table
Showing the True value per Graine drop ounce pound or Stone weight of Gold bullion of any fineness at 48 pounds Scots per Ounce Carat fine																																Shewing what weight of Gold standard fine, One is to have per Graine, drop, Ounce, Pond, or Stone weight of Gold of any fineness: In which to prevent the trouble of different Denominations, every Graine is divided into 624 parts.
																						This Table Calculated for the Mint-house of Scotland (before the Union) is humbly Dedicated by Author George Brown Presbyter.
		£ Scots per Grain Weight	£ Scots per Drop Weight						£ Scots per Ounce Weight				£ Scot per pound weight				£ Scots per Stone weight					Directions and Instructions Shewing by Examples how to use the Tables												Weight per Grain		Weight per Drop				Weight per Ounce				Weight per Pound					Weight per Stone
																						At 48£ Scots per Ounce 22 Carat fine what will 45 pound weight of 17 Carat and 9 Graines fineness come to?												gr:	pts	dr:	gr:	pts:		℥	dr:	gr:	pts	lib	℥	dr:	gr:	pts	St:	lib	℥	dr:	gr:	pts
Grains fine	1	∟00031565	∟01136363						∟181818				2∟909090				46∟545454					In the first Table under per pound weight and against 17 Carat fine										Grains Fine	1		1			36				2	40				34	240				15	18	144
	2	∟00063131	∟02272727						∟363636				5∟818181				93∟090909					you find in the common Area							593∟4549				2		2			72				4	96			1	33	216			1	15	1	24
	3	∟00094696	∟03409090						∟545454				8∟727272				139∟636363					Item in the same Columne against 9 Graines fine you have							26∟1818				3		3			108				6	144			2	32	192			2	14	19	168
	4	∟00126262	∟04545454						∟727272				11∟636363				186∟181818					The sum of both which is the price of one pound weight of that							619∟6363				4		4			144				8	192			3	31	168			3	14	2	48
	5	∟00157828	∟05681818						∟909090				14∟545454				232∟727272					fineness viz 619 pounds 12 shillings 8 pence Scots and a very small fraction:									45		5		5			180				10	240			4	30	144			4	13	20	192
	6	∟00189393	∟06818181						1∟090909				17∟454545				279∟272727					And this multiplied by 45 yields 27883 pounds 12 shillings 8 pence Scots with						30981818					6		6			216				13	24			5	29	120			5	13	3	72
	7	∟00220959	∟07954545						1∟272727				20∟363636				325∟818181					the same inconsiderable fraction of a Scots penny as before					247854545						7		7			252				15	72			6	28	96			6	12	21	216
																											27883∟6363
	8	∟00252525	∟09090909						1∟454545				23∟272727				372∟363636					In the 2 Table under the title weight per pound {illeg} against					{	℥:	dr:	gr:	pts		8		8		1	24				17	120			7	27	72			7	12	4	96
	9	∟00284090	∟10227272						1∟636363				26∟181818				418∟909090					17 Carats fine you have: And in the same table under the same						12:	5:	29:	120		9		9		1	60				19	168			8	26	48			8	11	22	240
	10	∟00315656	∟11363636						1∟818181				29∟090909				465∟454545					title against 9 Graines fine you have					00:	8:	26:		048		10		10		1	96				21	216			9	25	24			9	11	5	120
																						The sum of which is the weight due of Standard fine for					12:	14:	19:		168
	11	∟00347222	∟12499999						2∟000000				32∟000000				512∟000000					one pound weight of 17 Carats 9 Graines fine				St	lib	℥	Dr	Gr	Pts		11		11		1	132				24				10	24				10	10	24
Carat fyne per ounce	1	∟00378787	∟13636363						2∟181818				34∟909090				558∟545454					Now 168 parts multiplied by 45 and reduced yields				0	00	00	00	28	168	Carat fyne per ounce	1		12		1	168				26	48			11	22	240			11	10	6	144
	2	∟00757575	∟27272727						4∟363636				69∟818181				1117∟090909					And 45 × 10 Graines yields				0	00	00	23	27	000		2		24		3	72			1	16	96		1	7	9	216		1	7	4	13	24
	3	∟01136363	∟40909090						6∟545454				104∟727272				1675∟636363					And 45 × 14 Drops yields				0	01	07	06	00	000		3		36		4	240			2	6	144		2	2	32	192		2	2	14	19	168
																						Lastly 45 × 12 Ounces				2	02	12	00	00	000
	4	∟01515151	∟54545454						8∟727272				139∟636363				2234∟181818					The sum of all which viz 2 stone 4 pounds 4 ounces 14 drops				2	04	04	14	19	168		4		48		6	144			2	32	192		2	14	19	168		2	14	8	26	48
	5	∟01893939	∟68181818						10∟909090				174∟545454				2792∟727272					19 graines 160 parts is the true weight of Standard fine due for 45 pounds of 17											5		60		8	48			3	22	240		3	10	6	144		3	10	2	32	192
	6	∟02272727	∟81818181						13∟090909				209∟454545				3351∟272727					Carat 9 graines fine: But to prevent the great trouble of so Laborious											6		72		9	216			4	13	24		4	5	29	120		4	5	13	3	72
	7	∟02651515	∟95454545						15∟272727				244∟363636				3909∟818181					a work especially when the Mass consists of many different species of weight											7		84		11	120			5	3	72		5	1	16	96		5	1	7	9	216
																						I have contrived a third Table by which haveing once the value of the whole
	8	∟03030303	1∟09090909						17∟454545				279∟272727				4468∟363636					Mass you may find both the Standard weight and Number of pieces with											8		96		13	24			5	29	120		5	13	3	72		5	13	1	16	96
	9	∟03409090	1∟22727272						19∟636363				314∟181818				5026∟909090					the allowance of ten per Cent to the Merchant of Imployer											9		108		14	192			6	19	168		6	8	26	48		6	8	11	22	240
	10	∟03787878	1∟36363636						21∟818181				349∟090909				5585∟454545										Weight						10		120		16	96			7	9	216		7	4	13	240		7	4	5	29	120
	11	∟04166666	1∟50000000						24∟000000				384∟000000				6144∟000000						Value of the Mass		Number of pieces	St	lib	℥	dr	gr	$\frac{2}{5}$ pt		11		132		18				8				8					8
	12	∟04545454	1∟63636363						26∟181818				418∟909090				6702∟545454					The foresaid Mass comes to	27883∟6363										12		144		19	168			8	26	48		8	11	22	240		8	11	10	6	144
																						The next to which in the third Table
	13	∟04924242	1∟77272727						28∟363636				453∟818181				7261∟090909					is under £: Scots	21600∟0000		2000	1	12	2					13		156		21	72			9	16	96		9	7	9	216		9	7	4	13	24
	14	∟05303030	1∟90909090						30∟545454				488∟727272				7819∟636363					The Remainder is	6283∟6363										14		168		23	240			10	6	144		10	2	32	192		10	2	14	19	168
	15	∟05681818	2∟04545454						32∟727272				523∟636363				8378∟181818					The next to which is	5400∟000		500	0	07	00	08				15		180		24	144			10	32	192		10	14	19	168		10	14	8	26	48
	16	∟06060606	2∟18181818						34∟909090				558∟545454				8936∟727272					The Remainder is	883∟6363										16		192		26	48			11	22	240		11	10	6	144		11	10	2	32	192
																						The next to which is	756∟0000		70			15	12
	17	∟06439393	2∟31818181						37∟090909				593∟454545				9495∟272727					The Remainder is	127∟6363										17		204		28	216			12	13	24		12	5	29	120		12	5	13	3	72
	18	∟06818181	2∟454545						39∟272727				628∟363636				10853∟818181					The next to which is	108∟0000		10			2	4				18		216		29	120			13	3	72		13	1	16	96		13	1	7	9	216
	19	∟07296969	2∟59090909						41∟454545				663∟272727				10612∟363636					The Remainder is	19∟6363										19		228		31	24			13	29	120		13	13	3	72		13	13	1	16	96
	20	∟07575757	2∟72727272						43∟636363				698∟181818				11170∟909090					The next to which is	10∟8000		1				3	21	3		20		240		32	192			14	19	168		14	8	26	48		14	8	11	22	240
																						The Remainder is	8∟8363
	21	∟07954545	2∟86363636						45∟818181				733∟090909				11729∟454545					The next to which $\frac{1}{2}$ Viz.	5∟4000		0 $\frac{1}{2}$				1	28	4		21		252		34	96			15	9	216		15	4	13	24		15	4	5	29	120
	22	∟08333333	3∟00000000						48∟000000				768∟000000				12288∟000000					The Remainder is	3∟4363										22	1		1				1				1					1
	23	∟08712121	3∟13636363						50∟181818				802∟909090				12846∟545454					The next to which is $\frac{1}{4}$ viz	2∟7000		0 $\frac{1}{4}$					32	2		23	1	12	1	1	168		1		26	48	1		11	22	240	1		11	10	6	144
	24	∟09090909	3∟27272727						52∟363636				837∟818181				13405∟090909					The Remainder and Sum is	∟7363		2581 $\frac{3}{4}$	2	4	04	14	10	$\frac{4}{5}$		24	1	24	1	3	72		1	1	16	96	1	1	7	9	216	1	1	7	4	13	24
3 A TABLE for Gold Which supposing																						Proof by the 4th Table thus		£														4 TABLE for Gold Showing the true Value of any Number of Graines Drops, Ounces, Pounds, or Stones, of Standard fineness.
																						2 Stone is	24576
																						4 pounds is worth	3072
																						4 ounces is worth	192
																						14 drops is worth 30 + 12. 15	42
																						10 grains is worth		0∟8333
	N	£ Scots	Unites				Tens			Hundreds			Thousands			X Thou:			C Thou:			$\frac{4}{5}$ grains is worth		∟0666														N	Grains			Dr		℥			lib			Stones
																						And the Ballance is		∟7363
			℥	dr:	gr:	5th pts	lib	℥	dr	lib	℥	dr	Sts	lib:	℥	Sts:	lib	℥	Sts	lib	℥	The sum is	27883∟6363															1	∟8333			3∟000		48∟00			768∟00			12288∟00
Scottish pieces of Gold	1	10∟80000		3	21	3		2	4	1	6	8		14	1	8	12	10	87	14	4	So that as you see 2581 and $\frac{3}{4}$ of a piece of coyned Gold Standard fine will weigh 2 Stones 4 pounds 4 Ounces 14 Drops 10 grains and $\frac{4}{5}$ graines which with a Ballance of ∟7363 of fourteen Shillings and little more than eight pennies Scots does exactly exhaust the value of the Bullion proposed and the Owners allowance lyes in setting off at 20: Shillings Sterline or 12 £ Scots per piece what is truly and of instrinsick value onely worth 10£ 16 Shillings Scots or 18 Shillings Sterline.																2	∟16666			6∟000		96∟00			1536∟00			24576∟00
	2	21∟60000		7	7	1		4	8	2	13		1	12	2	17	9	4	175	12	8																	3	∟25000			9∟000		144∟00			2304∟00			36864∟00
	3	32∟40000		10	28	4		6	12	4	3	8	2	10	3	266	5	14	263	10	12																	4	∟33333			12∟000		192∟00			3072∟00			49152∟00
	4	43∟20000		14	14	2		9		5	10		3	8	4	35	2	8	351	9																		5	∟41666			15∟000		240∟00			3840∟00			61440∟00
	5	54∟00000	1	2				11	4	7		8	4	6	5	43	15	2	439	7	4	Here observe that 21600 taking in three of the Decimals I add three Cyphers to 2 the Index of it so have I 2000 pieces whose weight is under the title of thousands viz 1 Stone 12 pounds 2 ounces and so you may Iudge of others																6	∟5000			18∟000		288∟00			4608∟00			73728∟00
	6	64∟80000	1	5	21	3		13	8	8	7		5	4	6	52	11	12	527	5	8																	7	∟58333			21∟000		336∟00			5376∟00			86016∟00
	7	75∟60000	1	9	7	1		15	12	9	13	8	6	2	7	61	8	6	615	3	12																	8	∟66666			24∟000		384∟00			6144∟00			98304∟00
	8	86∟40000	1	12	28	4	1	2		11	4		7		8	70	5		703	2		Also I have hereby mere oversight taken out the nearest to 883 at twice which might have been done at once to the same purpose viz 864£ pieces 80 Weight 1 pounds 2 Ounce																9	∟75000			27∟000		432∟00			5912∟00			110592∟00
	9	97∟20000	2	00	14	2	1	4	4	12	10	8	7	14	9	79	1	10	791	0	4																		£: Scots			£: Scots		£: Scots			£: Scots			£: Scots

Printed ready-reckoner, compiled by George Brown, of the value in sterling silver of varying finenesses of bullion (for the use of merchants supplying bullion to the Mint) (Edinburgh, 1687)

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