Notes on German coins

Author: Isaac Newton, Unknown

Source: MINT 19/2/177, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Thaler {Tslr} or x^g. mariengrosche mg^d. 8. Pfenning. 8^d. Gutergrosche gg^d. 12. Pfenning 12.^d. A common Thaler 24 gg^d. - - - - 36. mariengroschen A gulde or $\frac{2}{3}$ is 16gg^d. or 24. mg^d. A Reichsthaler, or Rycksthaler in Specie or A Species thaler Synonyma - - - 48. mg^s or 1 Cr12^mgd A Luneburgish or Brunswicks or Harts Speciethalter is 2. gulden corrent at Hannover and in the Luneburgish and Brunswicks land. The other SpecieReichsthaler ar edifferent in valüe the old Emperor Speciethaler is payed by the Iews at 1 Cr 10. or jj mg^d. the new Leopold and other ReichsSpeciethaler of the Emperor will be payed of the Iews no more then j tld 9 mgd A Braband thaler with the Cross - - - - 1Cr 8 mgd A Luyckthaler (of Liege) no more than 1 Cr 8 to 9 mgd A Lewenthaler with a Lion and a Hatch is much lesser than a Species thaler.

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

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