Preliminary enquiries and calculations relating to various foreign currencies and exchange rates Isaac Newton Unknown c. 233 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 1700-1701, c. 233 words. MINT 19/2/15, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/2/15 1700-1701 England English Holograph Unknown Hand MintAnalyses of Foreign Coin and Exchange Rates Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott
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How much silver or how Doll mannymany or a Rix Doll Dollers or Marks Lubs & styvers in silver they give in change for a Ducat of gold at Hamborough, Frankckford, Dantzick, Riga, Nuremburg or Stetin Copenhagen &c. And what sorts of Dollars they change for at that rate, or of what value or esteem those Dollers are in proportion to the French Ecu or old Rix Doller of the Empire.

Dantzich currcurrent money is 18 Grosh pieces Grosh pieces 30 Grush to a Guilder a ducat is sold commonly for 6 G.Gilders 12 or 6 G.Gilders 25. Grosh & new is 7 G.Gilders 12 Grosh

a Cross Doller formerly 3. Guild.Guilders now 3 G.Gilders 20 Grosh Banck doller 3 G.Gilders 23. Grosh at Riga a Gold ducat is commonly of an Eqqual value to two specie dollars. & some times 2 cross dollars.rs. In yethe Duke of Hammovers country a Hungary Ducat is worth 334 Guldens & sometimes 1 or 2 sols more. A Lewidor is there worth seven Guldens or wthwithin 2 or 3 sols over or under. A Gulden consists of 16 Gout gross or 24 Marien gross. &An old Rix doller is worth about 46 Marien gross. Hannover Luneburgh Zell Sax Woem Bottle Gotha & Hess cassel & Brandenburg have the same Guilders by agreement & proportion of Gold but yethe Gulders of Brandenburg are bigger & coarser.