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COINS
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GOLD COINS Continued. COUNTRY AND DENOMINATION. Weight in ounces. Fineness, 1000th. Value. COLOMBIA. Old doubloon, Bogota " " Popayan Ten pesos DENMARK. Ten thalers 0*868 0-867 0*525 0-427 870 858 891-5 895 15 61-1 15 37-8 9 67-5 7 90 ECUADOR. Four escudos. 0-433 844 7 55-5 ENGLAND. Pound or sovereign, new . . . " average Guinea (1793) . . 0-256-7 0-256-2 0-269-6 916-5 916 916-6 486*8 4 85-1 5 12 FRANCE. Twenty francs, new u average.... GERMANY. Ten thalers, Prussian 0-207-5 0-207 0*427 0*256 899 899 908 900 8 85-8 8 84-7 7 97*1 4 76*2 GREKCE. Twenty drachmas 0*185 900 8 44'2 INDIA (BRITISH). Mohur 0*374 916 7 08-2 ITALY. Twenty lire 0-207 898 8 84- 3 JAPAN. Old cobang 0-362 568 4 44 Twenty yens 0-289 1-072 572 900 3 57-6 19 94*4 MEXICO. Doubloon, average 0-867-5 866 15 53 " new.. 0-867-5 870*5 15 61'1 Twenty pesos (Maximilian) " (Republic).. NAPLES. 1-086 1-031 0-245 875 873 996 19 64-3 19 51-5 5 04"4 NETHERLANDS. Ten guilders 0'215 899 3 99-7 PERU. Old doubloon . 0-867 86S 15 55*7 Twenty soles 1-055 898 19 21*8 PORTUGAL. Gold crown. 0-308 912 5 80'7 RUSSIA. Five rubles 0'210 916 8 97" 6 SPAIN. One hundred reals Eighty reals. ; 0-268 0'215 896 869 '5 4 96-4 8 86' 4 Ten escudos SWEDEN. Ducat 0-270*8 0*111 896 875 5 01*5 2 28 -7 Carolin, ten francs. . . . 0*104 900 1 93-5 TUNIS. Twenty-five piastres TURKEY. One hundred piastres 0*161 0-231 900 915 2 99-5 4 36*9 TUSCANY. Sequin . 0*112 999 2 31-3 UNITED STATES. Double eagle Eagle (before 1834) " (since 1834) Half eagle. .. 1*075 0-562-5 0-537*5 0*268 ? 900 9161 900 900 20 00 10 65*8 10 00 5 00 Three dollars 0*16U 900 8 00 Quarter eagle . . . 0-134"! 900 2 50 Dollar....!..., 0-053J 900 1 00 STLVEE. COUNTRY AND DENOMINATION. Weight in ounces. Fineness, lOOOths. Value. AUSTRIA. Old reichsthaler 0-902 883 $1 02-3 Old scudo 0-836 9()2 1 02*6 Florin (before 1858).. . . New florin New union reichsthaler Maria Theresa reichsthaler (1730). 0-451 0*397 0-596 0*895 833 900 900 838 51-1 43-6 78-1 1 02' 1 BELGIUM. Five francs 0*803 897 98 Two francs 0-320 835 36-4 BOLIVIA. New dollar. 0-801 900 98-1 BRAZIL. Double milreis... 0-820 918-5 1 02-5 SILVER COINS Continued. COUNTRY AND DENOMINATION. Weight In ounce*. Finenew, 1000th*. Value. CANADA. Twenty cents 0-150 0-187*5 0*875 0*866 0*864 0-801 0-866 0-087 0-808 0-927 0-182*5 0*178 0-368-6 0-454-5 0-800 0-320 0*160 0-712 0-595 0-840 0-340 0-719 0-874 0-800 0-160 0-279 0-279 0*866-7 0-402 0-867-5 0-866 0*861 0-844 0-804 0-927 0-866 0-766 0-483 0-802 0-400 0*864 0*667 0*800 0*160 1*092 0*820 0*511 0*770 0*859*4 0*400 0*200 0*080 0*040 0*024 0*875 0*401*8 0*200*9 0*080*8 925 925 925 850 908 900*5 901 901 896 877 924-5 925 925 925 900 885 900 750 900 900 900 900 916*5 900 885 991 890 900 800 903 901 902-5 830 944 877 901 909 650 900 912 900 875 900 835 750 835 898*5 830 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 18*9 28-6 47-2 1 00-2 1 06-8 98-2 1 06-2 10-6 93 1 10-T 28 22-4 45 56 98 86-4 18*2 72*7 72*9 41-7 41-7 88*1 46* 98 18-2 87*6 88*8 1 00*8 44-6 1 06-6 1 06*2 1 05*5 95*3 1 03*3 1 10*7 1 06-2 94-8 83*8 98-2 49*6 1 05-8 79-4 98 18*2 1 11*5 86*4 6*2*5 87 1 04*5* 50 25 10 5 3 Twenty-five cents. Fifty cents. . . CENTRAL AMERICA Dollar CHILI. Old dollar New dollar. . . CHINA. Dollar (English). . . . Ten cents ...... COLOMBIA. Dollar of 1857.... DENMARK. Two rigsdalers ENGLAND. Shilling, new " average . Florin (1852) Half crown (1845) .. . FRANCE. Five francs, average Two " Franc (1860) GERMANY, NORTH. Thaler (before 1857). . New thaler GERMANY, SOUTH. Florin (before 1857).... New florin GREECE. Five drachmas INDIA (BRITISH). Rupee ITALY. Five lire Lira JAPAN. Itzebu New itzebu Yen Fifty sens MEXICO. Dollar new .. Dollar, average Peso of Maximilian NAPLES. Scudo NETHERLANDS. Two and a half guilders NORWAY. Specie daler PERU. Old dollar Dollar of 1858 Half dollar (1835 and 1838). Sol PORTUGAL. Five hundred reis .... ROME. Scudo RUSSIA. Ruble SPAIN. Five pesetas (dollar) Peseta (pistareen) SWEDEN. Specie daler SWITZERLAND. TUNIS. TURKEY. UNITED STATES. Half dollar (since 1853). . . . Half dime (Act of 1873.) Dollar Half dollar Quarter dollar. Dime

  • A compared with the half dollar.

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