Here is the depreciation schedule from section 4 of the November 1781 act of
assembly, chapter XXII at Hening vol 10 pp 471-4, that Mick Nicholls brought
to our attention.
  This transcription, which I've tidied up just a bit, is from a website
where Freddie Lee Spradlin, Maj, U.S.A.F., Ret., has scanned thirteen
volumes of the 1969 reprint of Hening's Statutes (URL
http://www.vagenweb.org/hening/index.htm ).  The website's transcriptions
are a little rough, but if one doesn't have a set of Hening close at hand
they serve as a convenient expedient until one can confirm the reading of
any critical passage using the printed volumes.

--Jon Kukla

LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 1781−−6th OF COMMONWEALTH.

{Hening Volume 10 page 472}

CHAP. XXII . . . .

. . .  IV. And be it farther enacted, That the following scale of
depreciation shall be the rule to determine the value of the several debts,
contracts and demands in this act mentioned, compared with silver and gold:



Scale of depreciation.

In the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven.

       January one and a half, February one and a half, March two, April two
and a half, May two and a half,      {Vol 10 p. 473}    June two and a half,
July three, August three, September three, October three, November three,
December four.



In the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight.

       January four, February five, March five, April five, May five, June
five, July five, August five, September five, October five, November six,
December six.



In the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.

       January eight, February ten, March ten, April sixteen, May twenty,
June twenty, July twenty-one, August twenty-two, September twenty-four,
October twenty-eight, November thirty-six, December forty.



In the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty.

       January forty-two, February forty-five, March fifty, April sixty, May
sixty, June sixty-five, July sixty-five, August seventy, September
seventy-two, October seventy-three, November seventy-four, December
seventy-five.



In the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.

      January seventy-five, February eighty, March ninety, April one
hundred, May one hundred and fifty, June two hundred and fifty, July four
hundred, August five hundred, September six hundred, October seven hundred,
November eight hundred, December one thousand.

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