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{illeg}By weighing {illeg} single & double \French/ Pistoles I find that two double Pistoles weigh (more or less) 17dwt 7gr & four single ones 17dwt 5gr besides {illeg}n a very few Pistoles The value of Pistoles.

Pistoles one wth another weigh 4dwt 714grains & are something more\as I find by weighing them/ the 14 {legrain} worse. Whence if they were standard a Pistole would be worth 17,s1d800910000 \in oer money of due weight & allay. But they/ But they something more then 14 of a grain worse then standard are about 13 of a grain worse then standard {illeg}|&| this abates of their value so as to bring them {illeg} make them\a Pistole/ worth 17s 1d 151 |in oer money of due weight & allay.|

In this recconning I consider

Double Pistoles being less worn then single ones are one wth another about 1 grain heavier then two singl ones & so may be valued at {illeg}|3|4s 2|3|d a piece But these are very f But ye number of these is inconsiderable.

Tere are some signle {sic} Pistoles 3 or 4 grains lighter then ye rest.|,| The or ab above. These I considered not in ye recconing above mentioned. If they be included {illeg}in the recconing they will bring down ye value of Pistoles to less yn 17s 0d34 a pi a Pis a Pistole.                                              Is. Newton

If in ye dead months of exportation merchants have simetimes coyned their bullion 'twas surely not to export ye money afterwards but wth ye money to buy new b{illeg}|u|lliō for exportation.

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