American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge/Foreign Moneys

by Thomas Curtis Clarke

FOREIGN MONEYS,

WITH THEIR VALUES, AS ESTIMATED AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE BY LAW.

	Dollars.
Aux Cates, 8 1/4 livres are equal to	1.00
Blue or current Dollar of Denmark, according to the exchange of London.
Cayenne, 8 livres 5 sols of, are equal to	1.00
Ducat of Naples	0.80
Franc of France	0.18 3/4
Florin of Trieste	0.48
Genoa, 6 1/3 livres are taken as	1.00
Guadaloupe, 8 livres and 5 sols	1.00
Guilder of Antwerp	0.40
Guilder of„ Crefelt	0.40
Guilder of„ Frankfort, and others of the 24 Guilder of florin rate	0.40
Guilder of„ Holland	0.40
Guilder of„ Nuremburg	0.40
Guilder of„ St. Gall, 0.40 36/100
Guilder of„ Trieste	0.48
Guilder of„ United Netherlands	0.40
Livre of France	0.18 1/2
Livre of„ Geneva	0.29
Livre of„ Genoa, 6 1/3 livres	1.00
Livre of„ Leghorn, 6 1/2 livres	1.00
Louis d’or Rix-dollar	0.77
Marc Banco of Hamburg	0.33 1/3
Milrea of Brazil, according to rate of exchange.
Milrea of Madeira	1.00
Milrea of„ Portugal	1.24
Ounce of Sicily	2.46
Pezza of Leghorn, 0.90 76/100
Piastre of Turkey, according to rate of exchange in London.
Pound Sterling of England, Scotland, and Ireland	4.80
Pound Sterling of Antigua	2.22
Pound Sterling of„ Barbadoes	3.20
Pound Sterling of„ Bermuda	3.00
Pound Sterling of„ Halifax	4.00
Pound Sterling of„ Jamaica	3.00
Pound Sterling of„ New Providence	2.50
Rial Plate of Spain	0.10
Rial Velon of Spain	0.05
Rix-dollar of Bremen	0.77
Rix-dollar of„ Denmark	1.00
Rix-dollar of„ Berlin, current, 0.68 29/100
Rix-dollar of„ Hamburg	1.00
Rix-dollar of„ Prussia, 0.68 29/100
Rix-dollar of„ Saxony	0.69
Rix-dollar of„ Sweden	1.00
Ruble of Russia, according to the exchange between London and St. Petersburg.
Rupee of Bombay, Calcutta, and Sicca, each	0.50
Rupee of Madras, 108＝100 Sicca rupees.
Star Pagoda of India	1.84
St. Bartholomews, 8 s. 3 d.	1.00
St. Kitts, 9 s. 0 d.	1.00
Tale of China	1.48