416 Pagoda is 184 cents in the United States. Sea shells, called cowries are used for change; their value varies with their quality. Candereen 10 cash, The Spanish dollar passes at 72 candereens, which makes the candereen worth, But the tale is reckoned in the United States, 0 0 0 0 14.81 0 01.48 0 01.38€ 1 48.00 The principal difference is in the number of shillings in the Spanish dollar, while a pound is 20 shillings, and a shilling is 12 pence, at Jamaica and Bermudas, the Spanish dollar is 6 shillings and 8 pence. Hence the £ s. d. Pound 20 shillings=3 dollars, 0 13 6 $ c. 3.00 Shilling 12 pence, 0 0 8 Penny, At Barbadoes, the Spanish dollar is 6 shillings and 3 pence. Hence a FRENCH WEST INDIES. In some of the Islands the Spanish 5 sols, and in others for 9 livres. Livre 20 sols Sol 12 deniers 8 livres 5 sols In the latter, the Livre 20 sols Sol 12 deniers 9 livres IN MARTINICO, TOBAGO AND ST. CHRISTOPHERS, The English inhabitants keep their accounts in the denominations of English money, and the French, in those of France. But the round dollar passes for 9 shillings, and the current dollar at 8 shillings and three pence, or, the round is to the current dollar as 12 to 11. So that 99 livres 11 round dollars or =12 current dollars. TABLE II. OF THE MONEY OF THE JEWS, GREEKS, AND ROMANS, WITH THE VALUE IN STERLING AND FEDERAL MONEY.* 25533 334 In this estimate the value of gold is to that of silver nearly as 16 to 1. * Authors differ respecting the precise value of ancient money. The common estimate is here given, which is, at least sufficiently near the truth. Aureus 25 denarii 807291 13 4 888020 16 8 0 16 12 3 5842 This ratio of the aureus to the denarius is that mentioned by Tacitus. TABLE III. . OF MEASURES OF LENGTH AND CAPACITY AND WEIGHTS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES. THE table of English and American measures has been given under compound addition. Compared with the French measure, the English inch is 0.2539940539585323821235+ of a French metre. |