The Universal Merchant

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ergo if 7'i]?8, then loozrioi? ; and as in Amfterdam 19 marks troy, are 20 marks Cologne, then i oiyfzr 106 r8raT, -?which abundantly proves, that the guineas made ufe of by the German mint matters, were too light, and therefore the par as above calculated muft exceed 34 9r- To approximate the truth ftill...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ergo if 7'i]?8, then loozrioi? ; and as in Amfterdam 19 marks troy, are 20 marks Cologne, then i oiyfzr 106 r8raT, -?which abundantly proves, that the guineas made ufe of by the German mint matters, were too light, and therefore the par as above calculated muft exceed 34 9r- To approximate the truth ftill nearer, let us adiru't 106 ounces Cologne?100 ounces Englifh, fo, 8 ounces=74?. Now as 44 guineas, or 74 make 27]i]], confequently computing 27 Ht to weigh 67 .ducats the par will then ftand at 357. 71. thus 67 62]r ducats a 100 a 21 6)6252 ftivers If 585 are 1042 what 20/1 fterling. Anfwer 35 7 , the par as above, Which chapter{{Section 4Which nearly agrees, when we reckon in lieu of 28 i guineas, at 8 florins 46 xrs, to be 249 florins 51 franks to be divided with 27l]]4 it will appear that a guinea in Germany is worth 8ff lf florins; and therefore if 4 florins of the empire are at Amfterdain 6) i oo flivers, then 8f]4l florins is i6] millings Flemifh. is a guinea 3 7 fhillings Flemifh. If 21 is 371 then 20 is 35 in gold. OrOr calculate thus, too ounces Englifh ? 1061 marks Cologne, i do. Colognezr265 grain fine or 22T'? carat, 284 grains fine ? i mark ducat gold, i mark ducat gold=in6jy Flemifh or 67 ducats, at 100 ftivers. 67 6)6700 200 4 . .. . 213 71i . .. . 265284 . .. . i33350 6711364757 26528542 100 marks 1260605 or 800 oz. Englifh 100 marks a 3/. 17 loi. ' 1136)126060500 If 3ii5/. fterlingare 110969 fter. Flemifh, then i/. fterling is 351. 7 Flemifh. Ee But But as there appeared to be fome iitnall difference in the aflays, made by the mint mafters of the empire, refpecting the number of guineas in a mark Cologne; while in England the ftajidard is 22 carats fine in a pound troy, then th...