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A Table of the weight Assay & value of several sorts of forreign monies new out of the Mints
Monies of France | Weight | Finenes | Fine ☉ or ☾ |
A Lewid'or | 4dwt 8gr | 21car 3 pr | 3.dwt 22 |
Double half & quarter Lewidor's in proportion | 3. 22∟79 | ||
An Ecu DOller or Crown | 17dwt 13gr | 11oz. 1dwt | 16.dwt 2gr |
The half Ecu, Cardecu or Ecu & Reau or th of an Ecu in proportion | |||
Monies of Spain & the west Indies | |||
The Pistole or piece of four Reales | 4dwt 8gr | 21car 3g | 3. 22∟79 |
The double Dobleon or four Pistole piece, the Doubleon or two Pistol piece & the Ecu de Marc or half Pistole in proportion. | |||
The Real Piastre or piece of eight Reaus of Sevil | 17. 10 | 11. 3 | |
The new Piaster of Sevil | 13. 23 | 11. 1. | |
The Pillar piece of eight | 17. 16 | 11. 3 | |
The Pern piece of eight | 17. 14 | ||
The Mexico piece of eight | 17. 16 | 11. 0 | |
The half & quarter pieces in proportion | |||
Monies of Portugal | |||
The four Moeda piece of 4000 Res. now raised to 4800 | 6. 24 | ||
The Pistole or Moeda or piece of 2000 Res now raised to 2400 Res | 3. 10 | ||
The double & half Moeda in proportion | |||
The New Moeda | 3. 10gr? | ||
Crusados Ducats or pieces of 400 Res now raised to 480 Res | 11. 4 | 11.0 | |
The New Crusados X | 9. 7? | ||
Monies of Flanders | |||
Ducats of gold or pieces of 4 florens 16 sols | |||
Ducatons of silver or pieces of 3 Florens | |||
Patagons, Rixdollers, Cross Dollers or pieces of 4flor. 8 sols. | |||
Monies of Holland | |||
Ducats of gold or pieces of 5 Florens | |||
Ducatons or four ducal pieces & Soveraigns or threeDucat pieces in proportion. | |||
Silver Ducatons or pieces of 3 Guilders 3 sols | |||
Three Guilder pieces | |||
Patagons Rix dollers, Legg-Dollers or pieces of 2 Guilders | |||
Lyon Dollers | |||
Monies of Venice | |||
The Zacheen, Sequin, Chequin or Ducat of Venice | |||
The Ducat of Silver | 14. 14 | 1.oz 3dw worse | |
Monies of Florence & Leghorn. | |||
Monies of Germany | |||
The Ducat of the Emperor Leopoldus | 2. 5 | 11.1car | |
The Hungary Ducat | 2. 6 | 11. 1 car | |
The Rix Doller of the Emperor Rudolphus | 18. 7 | 10. 12gr | |
The Rix Dollar of the Emperor Ferdinand IIIII | |||
The Rix Doller of the Emperor Leopold | |||
There are many other Rix dollars coyned for several Princes & Cities of the Empire | |||
Monies of Hamborough |
Monies of Dantzic Riga & Coningsberg |
The Ducat of Poland |
The Rix doller of Poland |
The Rix doller of Thorn |
The Rix doller of Dantzick |
Monies of Suedeland |
Moneys of Danemark |
Source
MINT 19/2/27-8, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKSeptember 1717, c. 407 words.