By the Queen, a proclamation, for settling and ascertaining the current rates of foreign coins in Her Majesties colonies and plantations in America

P R O
By the Queen,
C. L A M A
T I O N,
por Settling and Afcertaining the Current Rates of Foreign Coins in Her Majefties Colonies and Plan¬
tations in America.
A N N E R. •
C Mtuttij ftat) ttntier €)ttr Conficetation tfie different Rates at ibljtct) tl)e fame Species; of
5fo?e(cm Coins! oo ^>afs! in €>nr fetjeral Colonies ano plantations in America, anti t|)e ^nton=
tenienciestljeteof, Dptlie inOitect piarticeof S>?atDing tlje flpone^ ftom one plantation to an-
otftet, to tfte great pjejnoice of tljeXraDe of €>nr ^nOfeets? ^nts being £>enfible,Xi)attbe
fame cannot be otbertbife Remebieb, ttjan b^ mebucing of all foreign Coins to tbe fame
Current Mate tbitliin all £>ur Dominions in America; ^nb tl)e principal €>flScers of £)nr
fl0int babing latb before ®s a Xable of t\)t ISalue of tl)e feberal 5Fo?eign Coins tbbicb uft^
aiip pafs in payments in €>ur faib plantations, acco^bing to tlieir ameigbt, anb tbeOTaps
mabe of tliem in £>ur #int, tljerebp Ojetbing t!)e fuft p?opo?tion lbf)iclj each Coin oug^t
to babe to tlje other, ibljtcb is as foilometb, V1Z- Sevl11 pieces of Cigbt, £)lb plate, <S>eben=
tetn pen^ipeigbt Xttelbe ©?ains, Jroitr ^biiiibgs anb ^ir pence; Seviii pieces of Cigbt,
j^elb plate, fourteen penp'lbeigbt, %fym ^billings gseben pence One ifartbin'g;
Mexico pieces of Cigbt^ ^ebentern petiF^Beigbt Xlbelbe ®?ains, ifour ^biltings anb
^ir pencei KHar pieces of Cigbt, ^ebenteeii pen^tbtisbt Xfbelbe drains, iFonr ^billings anb ^ir pence Xb?ee
ifartljbtss 5 Peni pieces of Cigbt, €>lb plate, S>tUntun petiF^tbeigbt Xtbelbe Chains, .four ^billings anb ftbe
pence, o? tljereabouts; Crofs 2)ollats,‘Ctgbteen pettF-tbetgbt, four ^billings anb four pence Xb?ee fartbings t
Dnccatoons of Flanders, xibentF peu^ibriglit anb 'XBentp one d5?ains, fibe ^b^UngS anb <§>ir pence; ecu’s of
France, o? Wilber Lewis, ^ebcntcen pcn^lbctgljt Xtbelbe ©mins, four^biilisgs anb Mv pence, Crufaboes of Portugal,
ClebenpenF=Mjeigbtfourdrains,XfboiSibflUngsanbXenpence €>ne farthing? Xb?ee Cilber pieces of Holland,
Xtbentp penp-lbeigbt anb ^>eben (Sjains, fibe ^bilWbgs anb Xfbo pence €>ne farthing t €>lb iRir Dollars of tbe
Cmoire. CtuMeen pstinsibeigbt anb Xen Drains, four ^DtUingS anb pent?: Xijc #aif, mtt otljev
uarts in pmpbrtion to tbeir Denominations, anb Xigbf pieces in pppo^tion to tbeir »tgt)t: S®e babe tberefo?e thought
It foi Bemebning tbe faib fnconbeniencies, bp tbe ^bbice of i©ur Council, to publilb anb Declare,Xbat from anb af¬
ter tbe firft DaF of January nert enfuingtbe Datebtteof, no Seviii, Pillar, o? Mexmo pieces of Cigbt, tljougb of tbe full
Meiffbt of 5>ebenteen penF-tbeigbt anb an half, (ballbe ^ccounteb, Becetbeb, Xaften,o? patbtbitbin anp of i©ur faib
Colonies 02plantations, as tbelltbofe unber p2op2ieto?sanb Charters, as unber €>nr immebiate CommifKon anb Do-
bernment, at abobe the Bate of S>ir&biUin2S per piece Current #oneF,f02tbe Difcbarge of anp Contraas 0226argains
to be mabe aftertbe faibfirft Dap of January nert, tbe^alfs, Quarters, anb other leffer pieces of the fame Coins to be
accounteb, Beceibeb, Xaften, 02 paib in the famepppo2tion: ^nbtbe Currencp of all pieces of Cigbt of Peru, Dollars,
mib other f02eign Species of 4iU)er Coins, ttibttber of the fame 02 2i5afer2Ulop, (ball, after the fbibfirH Dap of Janu¬
ary nert, ftanb Begnlateb, actojblng to tbeir weight anbfinenefs, acco2bing anb in p2opo2tion to the Bate before Si-
miteb anb s>et fottbe Pieces of Cigbt of Seviii, pillar, anb Mexico; g>o that no^eign Wilber Coin of an? f02t be permit-
teb to Crceeb tbe fame p?op02tion upon anp Account Dbatfoeber, ^nb We bo hereby Beguire anb Commanb all
• ^Dnr Dobernours, Sientenant-Dobernours, ^agiftrates, Officers, anb all other Ourgoob jambfects, ibltbin Our faib
Colonies anb plantations, to Obfetbe anb Obey Our Directions herein, as they Xenber Our Difpleafure,
Civen at Our Caftle at IF/W/w, the Eighteenth Day of June, 1704.. In the Third Year of Our Reign.
God fave the Queen.
London, Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcoml, deceas’d? Printers to the Queens
moft Excellent Majefty. 1704