Holograph notes on Spanish and Portuguese coins

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/187, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<187r>

1	Sevil, Mexico, Peru & Pillar pieces of 8/8\ /& French Ecus or silver Lewises\\W^t 17 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^dwt/ old Plate not \4.6/ above		4. 6 \6. 0/ 4. 6.
	Pieces of 8
	The half & quarters in proportion
	Pieces of 8/8\ new Plate 14^dwt		4. 9 $\frac{1}{2}$
	Ducatons 20 $\frac{11}{12}$	5.6	7. 4
1	Cross Dollars & other old Rix Dollars 18. 1	4.6	6. 0
	Crusados 11. 4	2. 10
1	Ecus or Silver Lewises 17 $\frac{1}{2}$	4. 6	6. 0
	Rix Dollars 18 $\frac{1}{4}$

The weigh {sic} & value of coyns before wearing.

Sevil, Mexico, Peru & Pillar pieces \eight old Plate & & French Ecus or Silver/ of full weight or\Lewises/ weighing about\each of them/ 17 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^dwt \or there abouts/ are worth	}	4. 6
T Peices of eight new plate weighing 14^dwt		3. 8\|\|
French &
Cross Dollars & \old/ Rix Dollars of the Empire weighing about 18 $\frac{1}{3}$ ^dwt	}	4. 6.
Duca Flanders Ducatons weight\|i\|ng 20^dwt 20\|1\|^gr		5. 6.
French {illeg} Ecus or silver Lewises weighing {illeg} 1
Crusados of Portugal weighing about 11^dwt 2^gr		2. 10
Half & quarter Pieces of 8/8\ \Lewises/ Dollars Ducatons & Crusados
The halfs & quarters of the coyns above mentioned, in proportion
T

Patagon 18 9

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That different values of coyns create confusion & tricking in Trade

That tis best that the coyns should pass at \one &/ their just intrinsic val{ue}\samme value in/ in all accoring {sic} to the same denominations in all the Plantations & that if {it} be raised it is best by reason of the law in New-England they be rai{}sed {illeg} whereby 4^s 6^d is raised to 6^s then to prevent the drawing money from one Plantation to another

A That a just Table of the just value of the coyns be annexed that it may thereby known upon stating the value of any one species, y^e value of all the rest may be known.