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Occasionally there have been questions about the value of money in the early republic. I ran across this table in the _Virginia Herald_ newspaper, 17 March 1819, Vol. 11, #127. The table is entitled "Value of Foreign Coins in Money of the United States." (Taken from the Federal Gazette)
Dolls. Cts. m.
1/16th of a dollar .06 2 ½
½ of a Pistareen .10
Real Plate of Spain .10
1/8th of a Dollar .12 5
Livre Tournois of France .18 5
Franc of do. .18 7 3 10
A Pistareen .20
English Shilling .22 2
¼ of a dollar .25
Mark Banco of Hamburg .33 3
Florin/Guilder of the United Netherlands .40
½ dollar .50
Rupee of Bengal .50
Rix Dollar of Denmark 1
Rix Dollar of Sweden 1
Spanish Dollar 1
Rouble of Russia 1
Crowns of England & France 1 .11
French Pistole 3 .66 7
Pound of Ireland 4 .10
Pound Sterling of Great Britain 4 .44
French Guinea 4 .66 6
English Guinea 4 .66 7
Half Johannas 8
Dubloon 14 .93 3
Johannas 16
Hope this of some use to some on the lists.
Jim Watkinson
James D. Watkinson, Ph.D.
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