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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/61, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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The Assays weights & values of several forreign silver Coynes.		Assay	Weight before wearing	Standard weight	Value at 5^s 2^d p^r. OZ.
The Piastre of Spain or Sevil piece of 8 Reaus now reduced to 10	}	W. 1^dwt	17.^dwt 12^gr	17.^dwt 10.^gr 2^mi	54^d *
The new Sevil piece of eight		W. 1 $\frac{1}{2}$	14. 0	13. 21. 15	43∟11
The Mexico piece of eight		W. 1	17. 10 $\frac{5}{9}$	17. 8. 14	53∟83
The Pillar piece of eight		Sta	17. 9	17. 9. 0	53∟87
The Peru piece of eight coarser, but of uncertain allay.
The old Ecu of France or piece {of} 60 sols Turnois		W. 1	17. 12	17. 10. 2	54 *
The new Ecu of France or piece of 5 livres or 100 sols NB. The Ecu of France should be 2^dwt worse by law.		W. $\frac{1}{2}$	19. 16	19. 14. 19	60∟83
The Crusado of Portugal or DUcat worth 400 Res now marked & raised to 480 Res	}	W. 2	11. 4	11. 1. 13	34∟31
The Patacks or Ptagons of Portugal worth 500 Res, now marked & raised to 600	}
The Ducaton of Flanders or piece of 60 sols or Patars		B. 4 $\frac{1}{2}$	20. 22	21. 8. 2	66∟15 *
The Patagon of Flanders or Cross Doller or piece of 48 Patars	}	W> 12	18. 1	17. 1. 13	52∟91 *
The Ducaton of Holland or piece of 63 Styvers		B. 3	20. 21	21. 3. 15	65∟59 *
The Patagon, Lef-Doller or Rix Doller of Holland or piece of 50 styvers	}	W. 14	18. 1\|0\|	16. 20. 15	52∟28 *
The Thre-gilder piece of Holland or piece of 60 styvers		W. 2	20. 8	20. 3. 12	62∟46 *
The Ten-schelling piece of Zeland or piece of 60 styvers		W. 2	20. 6	20. 1. 13	62∟21 *
The Lyon-Doller of Holland or $\frac{2}{3}$ of the Ducaton		W. 44	17. 14	14. 2. 7	43∟7 *
The Ducaton of Cologn		B. 3	20. 18	21. 0. 15	65∟2 *
The Rix Doller \or Patagon/ of Cologn		W. 12\|3\|	18\|9\|. 0	16. 22. 14	52∟56\|3\| *
The Doller of Patagon of the Bishop of Liege		W. 12	17. 22 $\frac{1}{2}$	16. 22. 5	52∟48 *
The Rix Doller of Mentz		W. 6 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 1\|0\|8	118. 14\|17. 19\|.18	56\|5\|∟{illeg}9\|27\|
The Rix Doller of Fra\n/ckfo\|u\|rt		W. 9	18. 8	17. 14. 4	54∟53 *
The Rix Doller of the Elector Palatine of y^e Rhene & Bavaria before 1620			18. 14\|5\|
The Rix Doller of Nuremberg		W. 6.	18. 10	17. 22. 1	55∟55 *
The Rix Doller of the Elector Palatine of y^e Rhene & Bavaria before 1620
The old Rix Doller of Lunenburg		W. 10	!8. 11	17. 15. 2	54∟65 *
The old Rix Doller of Hannover		W. 8	18. 12	17. 20. 2	55∟3 *
The double Gulden of the Elector of Hannover		W. 7	18. 18	18. 3. 16	56∟29 *
The Gulden of the Elector of Hannover or piece of $\frac{2}{3}$		B. 17 $\frac{1}{2}$	8. 10	9. 1. 18	28∟14 *
The $\frac{1}{2}$ Gulden of y^e Elector of Hannover or piece of $\frac{1}{3}$		B. 17 $\frac{1}{2}$	4. 5	4. 12. 19	14∟7 *
The Gulden of the Duke of Zell or piece of 16 Gute Grosh	}	W. 43	11. {illeg}\|2\|	8. 27\|2\|. {illeg}\|10\|	27∟6\|7\|
The Gulden of the Bishop of Hildesheim or piece of 24 Marien Grosh now raised to 26	}	W. 40 $\frac{1}{2}$	11. 22	9. 17. 17	30∟21 *
The Gulden or Guilder of Magdeburg		W. 44	11. 14	9. 6. 0	28∟67
The old Rix Doller of the Elector of Brandenburg		W. 9	18. 13	17. 19. 1	55∟17 *
The old Gulden of Brandenburg now raised from 24 to 26 Marien Grosh	}	W. 43	12. 4	9. 19. 9	30∟41 *
The Gulden of Brandenburg or piece of $\frac{2}{3}$		W. 43	11. 3	8. 23. 6	27∟81 *
The half Gulden of Brandenburg or piece of $\frac{1}{3}$		W. 43	5. 13	4. 12. 15\|1. 15\|	14∟{illeg}\|3∟9\| *
The Gulden of the Elector of Saxony or piece of $\frac{2}{3}$		W. 41	11. 3	9. 1. 14	28∟12 *
The old Banck Doller of Hamburgh		W. 8	18. 9	17. 17. 4	54∟92 *
The old Rix Doller of Lubec		W> 8 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 16	16\|17\|. 22. 17	55∟54
The four Mark piece of Denmark of coarse Allay		W. 61	14. 8	10. 9. 10	32∟23 *
The four Mark piece of Denmark of finer allay		W. 21	11. 13 $\frac{1}{2}$	10. 11. 5	32∟45 *
The eight Mark piece of Sweden		Sta	20. 4\|0\|	20. 4\|0\|. 0	62.5{illeg} (
The four Mark piece of Sweden		W. 58	13. 12	9. 23. 7	30∟84 +
The two Mark piece of Sweden			6. 19
The old Rix Doller of Danzick		W. 10 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 9	17. 12. 4	54∟27 *
The old Rix Doller of Thorn near Danzick		W. 12	18. 8 $\frac{1}{2}$	17. 8. 15	53∟85 *

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The Assays Weights & Values of several forreign silver coines	Assay	Weight before wearing	Standard Weight	Value at 5^s 2^d per oz.
The Rix Dollers of Sigismund III & Vladislaus IV Kings of Poland	W. 10^dwt	18.^dwt 9^gr	17. 13. 4	54∟4 *
The Rix Doller of the late Emperor Leopold	W. 10 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 9	17. 12. 4	54∟27 *
The Rix Doller of his predecessor Ferdinand III	W. 10 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 9	17. 12. 4	54∟27 *
The Rix Doller of Ferdinand Archduke of Austria	W. 10 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 5	17. 8. 7	53∟78 *
The Rix Doller of Basil	W. 7 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 18 $\frac{1}{2}$	18. 3. 6	56∟3\|4\|
The Rix Doller of Zuric	W. 13	18. 1	16. 23. 13	51\|2\|∟{illeg}4\|6\|5
The Crusado Croisat or S^t Mark of Venice with the number 140 upon it signifying 140 sols or 7 Lires \de Piccoli/		20. 6		50∟4 *
The half Crusado of y^e same form		10. 3		25∟2
The quarter Crusade of y^e same form		5. 1		12∟6
A silver coin\The new Ducat/ w^th the number 124 upon it signifying 124 sols or 6 Lires 4 sols de Piccoli.		18. 2		*
The half thereof		9. 1
The \old/ Ducat of Venice w^th y^e words Ducatus Venetus upon it a piece of 6 \old/ Lires, now\afterwards/ raised \I think/ to 6 Lires 4 sols de Piccoli	W. 23 $\frac{1}{2}$	14. 1{illeg}\|5\|	12. 0\|1\|. 1{illeg}\|9\|	40∟41\|50\| +
The half Ducat	W. 23 $\frac{1}{2}$	7. 7 $\frac{1}{2}$	6. 12. 18	20∟25
Another coin of Venice (I think a coarser Ducatus)	W. 46	17. 10	13. 15. {illeg}\|9. 8\|	42∟8
The piece of 2 Jules	B. 6	3. 15	3. {illeg}\|17\|. 1{illeg}\|7\|	11∟5
The Ducat \de Banco/ of Naples or piece of 5 Tarins or 10 Carlines or 100 Grains	W. 3	14. 0 $\frac{1}{4}$	13. 1. 0	40∟43 *
The half Ducat	W. 3	7. 0 $\frac{1}{8}$	6. 12. 10	20∟21
The Tarin of fift part of the Ducat	W. 3	2. 19 $\frac{1}{4}$	2. 14. 12	8∟09
The Carlin or tenth part of the Ducat	W. 3	1. 9 $\frac{1}{2}$	1. 7. 6	4∟04
The Escudi, Ecu or Crown of Rome, or piece of 10 Julios or 100 Baioches		20. 14 $\frac{1}{2}$		*
The Teston of Rome or piece of 3 Julios	W. 1	5. 21 $\frac{1}{2}$	5. 20. 17	18∟32 *
The Julio		2. 5
The Ducat of Florence & Leghorn or piece of 7 Lires or 10 $\frac{1}{2}$ Julios	B. 8	20. 3	21\|0\|. 20. {illeg}\|6\|	6{illeg}\|4\|∟{illeg}\|6\|2 *
The Piastre, Ecu or Crown of Ferdinand II Duke of Tuscany	W. 1	17. 3\|1\|2	17. 10. 2	54.
The >The Piastre, Ecu or Crown of Cosmos III \present/ Duke of Tuscany, whose moneys are about 4 per cent lighter then those of his Father. THis piece is ab 8 $\frac{1}{2}$ Julios	W. 1	16. 18	16. 16. 4	51∟69 *
The Croisat of Genoa or piece of 7 $\frac{1}{2}$ Lires	B. 7	24. 15	25. 9. 11	78∟74 *
The Ecu d'argent \of Genoua/ or piece of 7 Lires 12 Sols
The Piastre Ecu or Crown of Millain		17. 21
The Philip of Millain, a piece of 7 Lires		20. 20		55∟4
The Livre or 20 sols piece of Savoy		3. 22
The 10 sols piece of Savoy		1. 23
The Rix - doller of Magdeburg	W. 10	18. 12	17. 16. 1	54∟77