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Exchange. 2. How many ducats at Venice are equal to 385 1.
tx2 6. 6d. Sterling, exchange at 48. 4d. per ducat?
L. Due. L.
If .21(3 : 1 385.625
.21^)385.625
21 385.625
- Due.
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Exchange money is reduced to lire-money, by being Exchange,
multiplied by 5|-, as follows :
Jnf.
195)347062.5(1779.8
l95
1520
1365
1556
*365
1912
1755
1575
1560
Bank-money is reduced to current money, by allow¬
ing for the agio, as was done in exchange with Hol¬
land ; viz. fay, As 100 to 120, or as 10 to x2, or as
5 to 6, fo the given bank-money to the current fought.
And current money is reduced to bank-money by re-
verfing the operation. And in like manner may picoli-
money be reduced to current or to bank money, and
the contrary.
100 ducats banco of Venrice.
InLeghorn=73 pezzos I In Lucca = 77 crowns
In Rome =684-crowns | In Francfort = 1394-florins.
VII. Exchange with Genoa.
Fez. foldi.
3390 16
5i
16954 0
r = 1695 8
r = 847 H
Lires 19497 2
Decimally.
3390-8
5-75
169540
237356
169540
Lires 1949 7.100
And lire-money is reduced to exchange-money by
dividing it by 5!-.
In Milan, 1 crowq, =z 80
In Naples, 1 ducat = 86
In Leghorn, 1 piaftre 2= 20
In Sicily, 1 crown = I27|
VIII. Exchange with Leghorn.
Money-table.
“I1 '• d-
20 Soldi J 11 pialtre = 4 6 Ster.
Books and accounts are kept in piaftres, foldi, and
denari. The piaflre here confifts of 6 lires, and the
lire contains 20 foldi, and the foldi 12 denari, and
confequently exchange money is 6 times better than
lire money. The courfe of exchange is from 47 d. to
58 d. Sterling per piaftre.
Example. What is the SterHng value of 731 pi¬
aftres, at 55-1-each ?
731 piaftres, at 55-rd.
j. d.
4 or48 = j-
6=1
.6 4
8 5
4 11
M O N E Y-T A B L E.
12 Denari 7 l 5 1 s'
20 Soldi 5 ma e ^ 1 pezzo =4 6 Sterling.
Books and accounts are generally kept in pezzos,
foldi, and denari: but feme keep them in lires, foldi,
and denari; and 12 fuch denari make 1 foldi, and 20
foldi make 1 lire.
The pezzo of exchange is equal to 5I lires; and,
confequently, exchange-money is yj- times better than
the lire money. The courfe of exchange runs from
47 d. to 58 d. Sterling^er pezzo.
Examp. How much Sterling money is equivalent
to 3390 pezzos 16 foldi of Genoa, exchange at5i-^d.
Sterling/er pezzo? •
Soldi, d. Fez. foldi.
If 20 : 51I- :: 3390 16
8 20
160 ^ 67816
4i5
339080
67816
271264
• d. L. s. d.
160)28143640(1758971=732 18 1!
If Sterling money be given, it may be reduced or
changed into pezzos of Genoa, by reverfing the former
'©peration.
L. 169 o 104 slnf.
Sterling-money is reduced to money of Leghorn, by
reverfing the former operation ; and exchange-money
is reduced to lire-money by multiplying by 6, and lire-
money to exchange-money by dividing by 6.
100 piaftres of Leghorn are
In Naples = 134 ducats | In Geneva = 185.4- crowns.
Soldi of Leghorn.
In Sicily* I crown = 1334-
In Sardinia, 1 dollar = 954-
The above are the chief places in Europe with which
Britain exchanges direftly ; the exchanges with other
places are generally made by bills on Hamburgh, Hol¬
land, or Venice. We ftiall here, however, fubjoin the
par of exchange betwixt Britain and moft ©f the other
places ih Europe with which flie has any commercial
intercourfe.
Rome,
Naples,
Florence,
Milan,
Bologna,
Sicily,
Vienna,
Augiburgh,
Francfort,
Bremen,
JJreflau,
Sterling L.s. d.
6 i-
crown
ducat
crown
ducat
dollar
crown
rixdollar
florin
florin
rixdollar
rixdollar
3 44-
5 4t
4 7
4 3
5 °
4 8
3 if
3 o
3 6
3 3
Berlin,