Part 309

In order to the attainment of a just comparison of foreign monies with our own, the following tables are subjoined.

The first table contains the denominations of the principal foreign monies of account, and their intrinsic value in English money, calculated upon the existing proportion between gold and silver in the respective countries.

The second table shews the names of the principal foreign coins in gold, their weight, their fineness, their pure contents, and the intrinsic value of each in relation to the gold coins of Great Britain.

The third table relates to silver coins, upon similar principles to those of the second.

The comparison of the weights and measures of foreign nations with those of England is established by the following tables.

The fourth table bespeaks the names of the weights used for precious metals, the quantity which each contains in grains troy-weight, and the relation of the several foreign weights to 100 pounds troy-weight.

The fifth table denotes the names of the weights used in the sale of merchandize, the quantity which each contains in troy-weight, and the relation of foreign weights to 100 and to 112 pounds avoirdupois-weight.

The sixth table relates to the measures used in the sale of corn, to the number of English cubic inches of the internal measurement of each, and to the relation of foreign measures to 10 quarters Winchester measure.

The seventh table comprises the measures for liquids, the quantity of English cubic inches which each contains internally, and the relation of foreign measures to 100 gallons English.

The eighth table relates to cloth measures, to the length of each in lines, and to the relation of foreign measures to 100 yards and to 100 ells.

The ninth table is descriptive of measures of length for measuring masts, timber, and other solid bodies, of the number of lines contained in each, and of the proportion between foreign measures of a similar description and 100 feet English.

The tenth table refers to land measures, to the quantity of English square feet which each contains, and to the proportion between foreign measures of this description and 100 acres.

The eleventh and last table is founded upon itinerary measures, the length of each in feet, and the proportion between the measures severally adopted in different countries and a degree of the equator.

Independently of the facility which will be afforded by these tables in the comparison of the monies, weights, and measures of foreign nations with those of England, it will not be difficult to find the relation of the monies, weights, and measures of foreign countries, in respect to each other, by the guidance of the explanations at the foot of each of the tables in question.

It will be observed, that in order to avoid the multiplicity of the denominators of fractions, and to give to the several calculations a greater degree of exactitude, the unit has constantly been divided, in the following tables, into 100 parts.

TABLE, which shews the intrinsic Value of the monies of account of Foreign Nations expressed in pence sterling.

MONIES OF ACCOUNT.

Pence 100 Aix la Chapelle, the specie rixdollar 42, 75 the current rixdollar 32, 25 Amsterdam, the pound Flemish banco 132, 48 the florin banco 22, 08 the pound Flemish current 126, 36 the florin current 21, 06 Arragon, the libra jaquesa 47, 80 Augsburgh, the gulden exchange money 32, 51 the gulden currency 25, 60 the gulden white money 21, 33 Barcelona, the libra catalana 27, 32 Basil, the rixdollar of exchange 48, 25 the current rixdollar 43, 40 the current livre 14, 46 Bengal, the current rupee 21, the sicca rupee 30, Bergamo, the lira 5, 13 Berlin, the rixdollar gold currency 39, 66 the rixdollar silver currency 35, 97 the pound banco 48, 75 Bern, the current livre 14, 67 Bologna, the scudo di cambio 48, 09 the lira di cambio 11, 31 the current livre 11, 05 Bolzano, the gulden exchange money 35, the gulden current money 25, 66 Bombay, the current rupee 23, 63 Bremen, the rixdollar 38, 40 Breslaw, the rixdollar gold currency 39, 66 the rixdollar silver currency 35, 97 the pound banco 48, 75 Brunswick, the current thaler 38, 40 Bussorah, the mamudi 5, 50 Calcutta, the sicca rupee 30, the current rupee 21, the arcot rupee 24, Canary Islands, the current real 5, 82 Cassel, the thaler 38, 40 China, the tale 80, Cologne, the specie rixdollar 31, 71 the current rixdollar 30, 92 Copenhagen, the specie reichsthaler 55, 85 the current reichsthaler 45, 46 Curacoa, the dollar 43, 09 Dantzic, the florin 9, 14 Dublin, the pound Irish 221, 54 Elsinore, the specie rixdollar 34, 75 the crown rixdollar 32, 18 the current rixdollar 30, 92 England, the pound sterling 240, Flanders, the florin or exchange 20, 25 the current florin 17, 37 Florence, the scudo d’oro 62, 45 the ducato 58, 29 the pezza of 8 reals 47, 88 the lira moneta buona 8, 32 France, the livre tournois 9, 49 the franc 9, 61 Francfort, the thaler 38, 40 the gulden 25, 60 Geneva, the current crown 49, 20 the current livre 40, 16 the florin 4, 68 Genoa, the scudo d’oro marche 89, 50 the scudo d’argento 73, 13 the pezza fuori di banco 48, 12 the scudo di cambio 38, 50 the lira fuori di banco 8, 37 Germany, the reichsthaler constitution money 56, 84 the thaler ditto 42, 63 the gulden ditto 28, 42 the reichsthaler convention money 51, 20 the thaler ditto 38, 40 the gulden ditto 25, 60 Hamburgh, the pound Flemish banco 138, 37 the rixdollar banco 55, 35 the marc banco 18, 45 the rixdollar currency 45, the marc currency 15, Hanover, the current thaler 42, 63 Konigsberg, the gulden 12, 17 Leghorn, the pezza of 8 reals 47, 88 the lira moneta buona 8, 32 the lira moneta lunga 7, 97 Leipsic, the current thaler 38, 40 Liege, the gulden 12, 96 Lubec, the reichsthaler 45, 21 the marc 15, 07 Lucca, the scudo d’oro 56, 32 the lira 7, 51 Madras, the pagoda of 36 fanams 94, 75 the Carnatic rupee of 10 fanams 26, 32 Malta, the silver crown 40, 26 the copper crown 26, 84 Martinique, the livre currency 7, 12 Mexico, the dollar 52, 60 Milan, the scudo imperiale 64, 14 the current scudo 45, 33 the lira currency 7, 88 Modena, the lira 3, 81 Morocco, the ducat 105, Munich, the current thaler 32, 04 the current gulden 21, 36 Naples, the ducato di regno 42, 50 Navarre, the ducado of 10⁸⁄₉ reals 53, 95 the libra of 60 maravedis 8, 25 the real of 36 ditto 4, 95 Nuremberg, the current thaler 38, 40 the thaler gold money 38, 95 the thaler white money 31, 97 Pegu, the silver tical 33, 70 Persia, the toman 289, 65 Poland, the florin of Great Poland 7, 10 Poland, the florin of Little Poland 14, 20 Pondicherry, the pagoda 93, 50 the current rupee 24, 20 Portugal, the milreis 67, 50 Prague, the current gulden 25, 60 Ratisbon, the gulden white money 25, 60 Riga, the albertus rixdollar 53, 29 Rome, the scudo di stampa d’oro 80, 92 the scudo moneta 53, 16 Rostock, the thaler 45, 20 the zweydrittel 30, 13 Russia, the ruble 33, 58 St. Eustatia, the dollar 38, 25 St. Gall, the gulden exchange money 27, 90 the gulden currency 24, Sardinia, the lira 11, 50 Siam, the gold tical 465, 50 the silver tical 39, 25 Sicily, the onza 130, 77 Smyrna, the piastre 13, 50 Spain, the pistole of exchange 153, the ducat of exchange 52, 73 the dollar of exchange 38, 25 the real of plate 4, 78 the real of vellon 2, 54 Sweden, the riksdahler 55, 35 Surat, the rupee 25, Surinam, the florin 25, 25 Trieste, the gulden of 60 kreitzers 25, 60 the florin of 5 lire 24, 20 Turin, the scudo of 6 lire 69, 84 the lira 11, 64 Turkey, the piastre 13, 50 United States, the dollar at par 54, Valencia, the libra of 20 sueldos 38, 25 Venice, the lira piccoli inclusive of the agio on the zecchins 5, 12 Vienna, the current thaler 38, 40 the current gulden 25, 60 Zante, the real of 10 lire 41, 15 Zurich, the gulden exchange money 27, 50 the gulden currency 25,

The following example will shew in what manner the relation between the monies of account of any two given countries may be ascertained.

Example.

Let it be required to express, in pence Irish, the value of a marc banco of Hamburgh.

The marc being worth 18,45 pence sterling, and the pound Irish 221,54, according to the table prefixed, I state the following equation:

1 marc banco = x 1 marc ban. = 18,45 pence sterling 221,54 pence ster. = 1 pound Irish 1 pound Irish = 240 pence Irish Result 19,99 pence Irish.

TABLE, which shews the Weight, Fineness, and pure Contents of the principal Gold Coin of foreign Nations, as well as their intrinsic Value, expressed in English Money.

GOLD COINS.

| | | Pure | | Weight| Fineness|contents| Value | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |Grs.100|Car. grs.|Grs. 100|s. d.100 +-------+---------+--------+------------ Bavaria, the carl | 150,32| 18 2⁵⁄₆| 117,18 | 20 8,87 the max | 100,21| 18 2²⁄₃| 77,94 | 13 9,54 Bengal, the gold mohur | 176,50| 23 3 | 174,66 | 30 10,95 Brunswick, the carl | 102,36| 21 3 | 92,76 | 16 5,02 Denmark, the ducat of 12| | | | marcs | 48,21| 21 0²⁄₃| 42,52 | 7 6,30 England, the guinea | 129,44| 22 | 118,65 | 21 the half guinea| 64,72| 22 | 59,33 | 10 6, the 7s piece | 43,13| 22 | 39,55 | 7 Flanders, the double | | | | souverain | 171,50| 22 | 157,20 | 27 9,79 the souverain | 85,75| 22 | 78,60 | 13 10,89 France, the louis of | | | | 1726 | 122,90| 21 2²⁄₃| 110,95 | 19 7,65 the louis of | | | | 1785 | 117,83| 21 2²⁄₃| 106,37 | 18 9,93 the 40 franc | | | | piece | 199,25| 21 2²⁄₅| 179,32 | 31 8,85 the 20 franc | | | | piece | 99,62| 21 2²⁄₅| 89,66 | 15 10,42 Geneva, the pistole of | | | | 1752 | 87,13| 22 | 79,87 | 14 1,63 Genoa, the zecchino | 53,80| 23 3¹⁄₂| 53,52 | 9 5,67 Germany, the ducat | 53,85| 23 2²⁄₃| 53,10 | 9 4,78 Hamburgh, the ducat | 53,85| 23 2 | 52,73 | 9 4, Hanover, the georges | 103,03| 21 3 | 93,37 | 16 6,31 the gold gulden| 50,06| 19 0¹⁄₃| 39,80 | 7 0,54 Holland, the ryder | 153,54| 22 | 14,74 | 24 10,92 the ducat | 53,85| 23 2 | 52,73 | 9 4, Hungary, the ducat of | | | | Kremnitz | 53,85| 23 3 | 53,29 | 9 5,18 Madras, the star pagoda| 52,75| 19 2 | 42,86 | 7 7,05 Naples, the onza | 68,10| 21 | 59,59 | 10 6,56 Piedmont, the zecchino | 54, | 23 3¹⁄₂| 53,72 | 9 6,09 the pistole of | | | | 1741 | 110,10| 21 3 | 99,78 | 17 7,92 the doppia of | | | | 1755 | 148,50| 21 3 | 134,58 | 23 9,83 Portugal, the joanese | 221,87| 22 | 203,39 | 36 the moidore | 166, | 21 3³⁄₄| 151,30 | 26 9,35 Prussia, the frederick | 103,03| 21 3 | 93,37 | 16 6,31 Rome, the zecchino | 53,55| 23 2 | 52,43 | 9 3,36 Russia, the imperial of| | | | 1755 | 255,53| 22 | 234,23 | 41 5,49 the imperial of| | | | 1763 | 202,18| 22 | 185,33 | 32 9,62 the imperial of| | | | 1801 | 202,18| 23 2¹⁄₂| 199,90 | 35 2,70 Saxony, the august | 102, | 21 2²⁄₃| 92,08 | 16 3,57 Siam, the tical | 281,88| 19 0¹⁄₃| 224,13 | 39 8,04 Sicily, the onza | 67,94| 21 3 | 61,57 | 10 10,77 Spain, the doubloon | | | | before 1772 | 416,65| 21 3³⁄₄| 380,85 | 67 4,87 the doubloon of| | | | 1772 | 416,65| 21 2²⁄₃| 376,14 | 66 6,88 the doubloon of| | | | 1785 | 416,65| 21 2 | 373,25 | 66 0,74 Sweden, the adolphus | 102,95| 15 1¹⁄₂| 65,77 | 11 7,70 Tuscany, the ruopono | 161,33| 23 3²⁄₃| 160,77 | 28 5,45 United States the eagle | 268,66| 22 | 246,27 | 43 7,05 Venice, the zecchino | 54, | 23 3¹⁄₂| 53,72 | 9 6,09 Wirtemberg, the carl | 150,32| 18 2⁵⁄₆| 117,18 | 20 8,87

In the first column of this table is shewn the weight of each foreign coin in grains troy-weight; in the second column, the degree of the fineness in carats and grains of a carat; in the third column, the contents of fine gold in grains troy-weight; and in the fourth, the intrinsic value expressed in shillings and pence sterling.

The following example will be of guidance to ascertain the value of foreign coin in other money also foreign.