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a,.'ichange.^ If flerling money be given, it may be reduced or
changed into pezzos of Genoa, by reverfing the former
operation.
Exchange money is reduced to lire money, by being
multiplied by 5^, as follows :
Pex. foldi.
3390 16
5i
I --
^
16054
1695
847
o
8
I4
Lires 19497
Decimally.
3390-8
S-1S
169540
237356
169540
Lires 19497.100
And lire money is reduced to exchange money by
dividing it by 5^
In Milan, 1 crown =: So
In Naples, 1 ducat 86
In Leghorn, 1 piaftre rr 20
In Sicily, 1 crown rz: 1273-
VIII. Exchange with Leghorn,
Money Table.
L. s. a\
0 6 I ■y
3 ¥
E X C
Par in Sterling,
Rome 1 crown
Naples, i ducat =
Florence, 1 crown or
Milan, 1 ducat =
Bologna, 1 dollar rr
Sicily, 1 crown rr
Vienna, 1 rixdollar rr o
Auglburgh, 1 florin — o
Francfort, 1 florin n o
Bremen^ 1 rixdollar rr o
Breflau, 1 rixdollar r: o
Berlin,, 1 rixdollar rr o
Stetin, 1 mark rr o
Embden, 1 rixdollar rr o
Bolfenna, 1 rixdollar rr o
Dantzic 134- florins rr I
Stockholm, 344 dollars — x
Ruflia, 1 ruble rr o
Turkey, 1 afper rr o
The following places, viz. Switzerland, Nurem-
burgh, Leipfic, Drefden, Ofnaburgh, Brunfwic, Co.
l°gne, Liege, Strafburgh, Cracow, Denmark, Nor.
way, Riga, Revel, Narva, exchange with Britain, when
direft exchange is made, upon the rixdollar, the par
being 4s. 6d. fterling.
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0 5
o 4
o 4
0 5
4
3
3
3
3
4
1
3
3
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£
6
12 Denari
20 Soldi
1 foldi
I piaflrerr
r.
4
d. Ster.
6
Books and accounts are kept in piaftres, foldi, and
denari. The piaftre here confilts of 6 lires, and the lire
contains 20 foldi, and the foldi 12 denari 5 and confe-
quently exchange money is 6 times better than lire mo¬
ney- The courfe of exchange is from 478. to 5 8d. fter¬
ling per piaftre.
Example. What is the fterling value of 731 piaftres
at 554d each ?
IX. Exchange with America and the Wejl Indies,
In North America and the Weft Indies, accounts,
as in Britain, are kept in pounds, {hillings, and pence.
In North America they have few coins circulating
among them, and on that account have been obliged to
fubftitute a paper currency for a medium of their com¬
merce } which having no intrinfic value, is fubjedted to
many difad vantages, and generally fuffers a great dif-
count. In the Weft Indies coins are more frequent,
owing to their commercial intercourfe with the Spa.-
nith fettlements.
j. d.
4 or 48=1
6=|
T A i
* a —— a
731 piaftres, at 55id.
146 4
18 56
4 11 4i
L. 169 o 1 of Anf.
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 =r 1854 crowns.
Soldi of Leghorn.
In Sicily, 1 crown — 1334
In Sardinia, 1 dollar rr 954-
The above are the chief places in Europe with which
.Britain exchanges direftly; the exchanges with other
places are generally made ’^y bills on Hamburgh, Hol¬
land, or Venice. We ftiall here, however, fubjoin the
par of exchange betwixt Britain and moft of the other
places in Europe with which (lie has any commercial
intercourfe.
Exchange betwixt Britain and America, or the Weft
Indies, may be computed as in the following examples :
I. The neat proceeds of a cargo from Britain to
Bofton amount to 845I. 17s. 6d. currency: How
much is that in fterling money, exchange at 80 per
cent. ?
If 180 : 100
18 : xo L. s. d.
9 : 5 :: 845 17 6
5
9J4229 7 6
L. 469 18 74- Ster. Anf,
2. Bofton remits to Britain a bill of 469I. 18s. 7fd.
fterling : How much currency was paid for the bill at
Bofton, exchange at 80 per cent. ?
If 100 : 180 Z. r. d,
5 : 9 :: 469 18 7f
9
5)4229 7 6
845 I7 6 currency. Anf.
3 How much fterling money will 1780I. Jamaica
currency amount to, exchange at 40 per cent. ?
If