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: George Brown

Source: MINT 19/3/10, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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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:	p^ts	dr:	gr:	p^ts:		℥	dr:	gr:	p^ts	lib	℥	dr:	gr:	p^ts	St:	lib	℥	dr:	gr:	p^ts
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 4^th 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:	5^th p^ts	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