Clerical notes of the weight and assay of various French coins, followed by a holograph list of the values of foreign coins current in Ireland

Author: Unknown, Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/224, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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[Diplomatic Text] [Catalogue Entry]

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Account of the Sundry New French Lewidors

1714		Lw^t	oz	dw^t
12 Mar	18000	391.	11.
20 April	10000	217.	6.	17
21 April	10000	217.	7.	5
22 April	17000	369.	11.	19
	55000	1197.	1.	11	worse	0^Car.	1.	1.	Standard	1178^{lw^t}.	5^oz.	1^dt.	22^gr	{a}	4^£	£56564.	7.	8
		55000									a		20^s:	6^d $\frac{3}{4}$ .	$\frac{1}{16}$ .	£56561.	3.	11.
		more by Standard than by the Piece														3.	3.	9

French Crowns

Lw^t

oz

dw^t

500

New

French Crowns

40.

10.

10

500

French Crowns

40.

9.

15

{meltede} by M^r Brattles assay's

{	Standard
	&
	Worse 1^d. $\frac{1}{2}$

500

French Crowns

40.

9.

15

The current value of money in Ireland

Guineas	1.	3.	0
Crowns	0.	5.	5
Half Crowns	0.	2.	8 $\frac{1}{2}$
Shillings	0.	1.	1
Half Shillings	0.	0.	6 $\frac{1}{2}$
Moyders	1.	10.	0
Pistoles	0.	18.	6
Ducatons	0.	6.	0
Pieces of $\frac{8}{8}$	0.	4.	9
Perues	0.	4.	6
Crusados	0.	3.	0
23. 6. Broads	1.	4.	6
25. 6 Broad	1.	6.	6
Lewis French	0.	4.	9
French Crown	0.	5.	6
French Guinea	1.	2.	0

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