Further draft of MINT00327 (Mint 19/2/52) and MINT00328 (Mint 19/2/61)

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/25, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  Holograph table of gold coins, drawn up as an appendix to MINT00322 (Mint 19/2/111-16) [MINT 19/2/52]

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Sorts of Money	Finesses by Assay	Weight of new money	Ualue of new money	Weight of market money	Ualue of market money	Legal fineness
France
A Lewidor or piece of 11 Livres Turnois	21.^car 3 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^gr	104^gr	17. 2 $\frac{1}{3}$	103 $\frac{1}{10}$
Double half & quarter Lewidors in proportion
An Ecus, Doller or Crown or pieve of 3 Livres Turnois	11.^oz 1.^dwt	421		418		22 car
The half crown, quarter crown (or lardeen) & 12^t part of the crown (or Reau) in proportion						11 oz
Holland
Holland Ducats of gold or	23.^car 2^gr	2^dwt 5^gr $\frac{1}{2}$				23 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^car
Ducatons or four Ducat pieces & Soveraigns or three Ducat pieces in proportion
Ducatons or pieces of three Guilders 3 sols	11. 5 $\frac{1}{2}$	1. 0. 21		1. 0. 18 $\frac{1}{2}$		11 $\frac{1}{4}$
Three Guilder pieces	11^oz. $\frac{1}{2}$ ^dwt	1.^oz 0. 8		1, 0, 6		11.
Patagons, Rix Dollers Leg Dollers or pieces of 2 $\frac{1}{2}$ Guilders	10. 9	18.^dwt 0 $\frac{1}{4}$ ^gr		17. 22		10 $\frac{1}{2}$
Lyon Dollers	8. 19	17. 14		17. 8		9
Flanders
Ducats of gold or pieces of 4 Florens 16 sols
Ducatons of silver or pieces of 3 Florens	11. 6 $\frac{1}{2}$	1. 0. 22.		1. 0. 16		11 $\frac{1}{3}$
Patagons Rixdollers Cross Dollars or pieces of 2 Florens 8 sols	10. 10	18.2		17. 20		10 $\frac{1}{2}$
Spain
The Pistole or piece of four Reales	21^car. 3 $\frac{1}{2}$	104				22
The double Dobleon or four Pistol piece, the Dobleon & the $\frac{1}{2}$ Pistole or Ecus de Mare in proportion
The Real or piece of Eight Reaus of Sevil		17.9
The Pillar Piece of Eight,	11. 4	424 $\frac{1}{2}$
The half & quarter pieces of eight in proportiō
The Oiece of 8 of Peru	10. 8 $\frac{1}{2}$	420=17 $\frac{1}{2}$				10 $\frac{1}{2}$
The Mexico piece of 8.	11. 1	424				11.
The Spaniards at Madrid raised their money 25 p^r cent & coyne {new} Piasires	11. 2	14. 0
Portugal
The Moeda or Pistole or Gold piece of 2000 Res	22.^car $\frac{1}{4}$ ^gr	3^dwt. 10 $\frac{1}{2}$
The half & double Pistole in proportion
Pataques or Patagons or silver piece of 500 Res
Crusadoes or Ducats or piece of 400 Res	11. 0 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^dwt	11. 4		11.
These are now raised in proportion of 5 to 6.
Venice
Zacheen Sequin Chequin or Ducat or Venice	23. 3 $\frac{1}{4}$	2^dwt 5^gr $\frac{2}{3}$				23 $\frac{7}{8}$ ^car
Ducat of silver	9. 18	14^dwt 18				10
Ducaton
Ecus d'Argent
Germany
Hungry Ducat	23.2	2. 6
German Ducat.	23. 2^gr	2^dwt 5^gr $\frac{1}{3}$				23 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^car.
Rix Dollar with his Emperors Head	10. 11 $\frac{3}{8}$	18. 10
England
A Crown piece	11. 2^dwt	19.^dwt.7.^gr	5. 0			11 $\frac{1}{10}$
A Guinea	11.	5^dwt. 9	21. 6			22
Scotland
A sixty shllings piece of silver	11. 1 $\frac{1}{2}$	424^gr $\frac{1}{4}$ = =17. 16 $\frac{1}{4}$	4. 6 $\frac{7}{8}$			11 $\frac{1}{10}$
The 40, 30, 20, 10 & 5 shillings pieces in proportion
Italy
Pistole of the Pope & all Italy to Spanish Pistole as 30 to 31			16. 17 $\frac{1}{2}$
Piastre Ecu or Ducat of Florence to Piastre of Spain as 24 to 23			4. 8 $\frac{1}{2}$

2^oz. 6^dwt. 16^gr

4.4 ^£ 44 ^s

1. 1.

9. 16

10. 2^s.

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Florence & Legorn
silver Ducats of Ferdinand II Duke of Florence		20.^dwt. 23^gr
Piastres of Ferdinand II		17. 11 $\frac{1}{4}$
Silver Ducats of Cosmo III		20. 2 $\frac{3}{4}$
Piastres of Cosmo III		16. 17 $\frac{1}{2}$
NB The Ducats are to the Piastres as 6 to 5 in weight & the money of Cosmo is lighter then that of Ferdinand by 4 p^r cent.