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... reduce the whole to a form not unfit for perusal . A Treatise , written on so abstruse and complicated a subject , by one exposed to great infirmities , must contain some repetitions , slight inaccuracies , and other imperfections ...
... reduce the whole to a form not unfit for perusal . A Treatise , written on so abstruse and complicated a subject , by one exposed to great infirmities , must contain some repetitions , slight inaccuracies , and other imperfections ...
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... reducing the value of Guineas from 21s . 6d . to 21s .: and there are many other instances of the same kind in preceding periods . Fourthly . To make foreign Coin current at a deter- mined rate or value . The reasons , which make ...
... reducing the value of Guineas from 21s . 6d . to 21s .: and there are many other instances of the same kind in preceding periods . Fourthly . To make foreign Coin current at a deter- mined rate or value . The reasons , which make ...
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... reduced to a state of the greatest poverty by the successive invasions of the Saxons and Danes , there appears to have been an interval of many years , in which no Gold Coins were made at any Mint in this country . And as 44 Of the ...
... reduced to a state of the greatest poverty by the successive invasions of the Saxons and Danes , there appears to have been an interval of many years , in which no Gold Coins were made at any Mint in this country . And as 44 Of the ...
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... reduced the weight of the Nobles to 5 dwts . 84 grs . and he at the same time coined Half and Quarter Nobles in due pro- portion . The Nobles were to pass , as before , at 6s . 8d . A Tower Pound of Gold of the old standard was to be ...
... reduced the weight of the Nobles to 5 dwts . 84 grs . and he at the same time coined Half and Quarter Nobles in due pro- portion . The Nobles were to pass , as before , at 6s . 8d . A Tower Pound of Gold of the old standard was to be ...
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... reduced the weight of the Nobles to 4 dwts . 19 grs . making Half and Quarter Nobles in due proportion . The Nobles were to pass , as before , at 6s . 8d . A Tower Pound of Gold of the old standard was to be coined into 50 Nobles , and ...
... reduced the weight of the Nobles to 4 dwts . 19 grs . making Half and Quarter Nobles in due proportion . The Nobles were to pass , as before , at 6s . 8d . A Tower Pound of Gold of the old standard was to be coined into 50 Nobles , and ...
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according alloy Bank of England Bankers called cent CHAP circulation compared consideration Copper Coins defective degree denarii denomination diminished due proportion dwts Edition Edward Edward VI English estimated evil exported foreign countries Gold and Silver Gold Coins Gold Pennies Gold to Silver Guinea Half Crowns Henry VIII indentures intrinsic value issued King William kingdom legal tender LONDON EFFINGHAM WILSON Lords Majesty measure of property Mints nominal value old standard opinion ounce Paper currency Parliament pass in currency payment Penny period Pieces Post 8vo Pound in tale Pound of Gold Pound of Silver Pound Sterling Pound Troy Pound weight practice precious metals principal measure proclamation profits quantity Queen Elizabeth rate or value realm reason Recoinage recoined regulations relative value respect ROYAL EXCHANGE Seigneurage sesterces Shillings Silver Bullion Silver Coins Sovereign standard Silver Tower Pound Troy Pound value of Gold СНАР
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