Volume 1

The universal cambist and commercial instructor; being a full and accurate treatise on the exchanges, monies, weights, and measures of all trading nations and their colonies. With an account of their banks, public funds, and paper currencies / By P. Kelly.

  • Patrick Kelly
Date:
1821
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The universal cambist and commercial instructor; being a full and accurate treatise on the exchanges, monies, weights, and measures of all trading nations and their colonies. With an account of their banks, public funds, and paper currencies / By P. Kelly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN HISTORICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH COINS, Shewing the Alterations they have undergone from the Reign of William the Conqueror to that of George IV., with respect both to their Weight and Fineness. Also a Statement of the comparative Value of Gold and Silver, at different periods. Date. Reign. SILVER. GOLD. Comparative Value of fine Gold and Silver. • Fineness of Silver Coins. Pound Troy of such Silver coined into Fineness of Gold«Coins. Pound Troy of such Gold coined into Oz. Dwt. £. s. d. Car. Gr. £. s. d. Gold. Silver. 1066 William T. _ 11 2 1 1 4 1280 8 Edward I. .. 1 1 4 1344 18 Edward III. — — 1 1 6 23 3t 14 0 10 1 to 12,584 1349 23 — — 1 3 0 — — 14 18 8 1 — 11,571 1356 30 — — 1 6 8 — — 16 0 0 1 — 11,158 1421 9 Henry V. — — 1 12 0 — — 17 16 0 1 — 10,331 1464 4 Edward IV. — — 2 0 0 — — 22 4 6 1 — 10,331 1465 5 — — 2 0 0 — — 24 0 0 1 — 11,158 1470 *49 Henry VI. . — — 2 0 0 — — 24 0 0 1 — 11.158 1482 22 Edward IV. — — 2 0 0 24 0 0 1 — 11,158 1509 1 Henry VIII. — — 2 0 0 24 0 0 1 — 11,158 1527 18 — - « 2 2 8 22 0 24 0 0 1 — 11,268 1543 34 10 0 2 8 0 23 0 28 16 0 1 — 10,434 1545 36 6 0 2 8 0 22 0 30 0 0 1 — 6,818 1546 37 4 0 2 8 0 20 0 30 0 0 1 — 5,000 1547 1 Edward VI. 4 0 2 8 0 20 0 30 0 0 1 — 5,000 1549 3 6 0 3 12 0 22 0 34 0 0 1 — 5,151 1551 5 5 0 3 12 0 23 3r 34 0 0 1 — 11,000 1552 6 — 11 1 3 0 0 22 0 36 0 0 1 — 11,050 1553 1 Mary ... 11 0 3 0 0 23 34 36 0 0 1 — 11,057 1560 2 Elizabeth — 11 2 3 0 0 22 0 36 0 0 1 — 11,100 1600 43 — — 3 2 0 23 34 36 10 0 1 — 10,904 1604 2 James I. ... — — 3 2 0 22 0 33 10 0 1 — 12,109 1626 2 Charles I. .. — — 3 2 0 — 41 0 0 1 — 13,346 1666 18 Charles II. . — — 3 2 0 — — 44 10 0 1 — 14,485 1717 3 George I. .. — — 3 2 0 . — 46 14 6 1 — 15,209 1816 56 George III. . — — 3 6 0 — — 46 14 6 1 — 14,287 1821 2 George IV.. — — 3 6 0 — • 46 14 6 1 — 14,287 By the above Table it appears that Silver Coins have been diminished in value, during the last 5UO years, in the ratio of 99 to 32, and Gold Coins nearly as 3-j to 1. It may be remarked, that within the same period the Silver Coins of France and Spain have been debased in the ratio of about 17 to 1.
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