| 1710. | 1714. | 1727. | 1762. | |
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Guineas |
— — | 26s. | ||
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British gold coin not milled, coined gold of Spain and France, chequins, Arabian gold, moidores of Portugal, |
— — | 5s. the dwt. | ||
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Coined gold of the empire, |
— — | 5s. the dwt. | — — | 4s. 3d. the dwt. |
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English milled silver money, in proportion to the crown, at |
— — | 5s. 10d. | 6s. 3d. | |
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Pieces of eight of Mexico, Seville, and Pillar, ducatoons of Flanders, French ecus, or silver Louis, crusados of Portugal, |
3¾d. the dwt. | — — | 4d. the dwt. | |
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Peru pieces, cross dollars, and old rix dollars of the Empire, |
3½d. the dwt. | — — | 3¾d. the dwt. | |
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Old British silver coin not milled, |
— — | 3¾d. the dwt. | ||
[In the States where the Dollar is valued at 6s., the coincidence of their currency with the Greek and Roman moneys is so singular as to be worthy of notice, and to found a suspicion that this object may have had some influence in fixing our moneys at this particular point, at a time when the value of Greek and Roman learning was more justly estimated than at this day. The Penny Lawful is precisely the Roman As, which was their unit; 10 of which, equal to Ten Pence Lawful, made the Attic Drachma, according to
