FOOTNOTES:
[89] The following table, from The Monetary Systems of the Principal Countries of the World, compiled in the office of the Director of the Mint, Washington, 1912, gives the weight, fineness, etc., of the coins of Great Britain:
| Gold | ||||||
| Denominations. | Weight. | Fineness. | Fine weight. | Weight. | Pure gold or silver. | Value in United States money. |
| Grams. | Thousandths. | Grams. | Grains. | Grains. | ||
| 5 pounds | 39.9410 | 916-2/3 | 36.6125 | 616.3720 | 565.0080 | $24.3325 |
| 2 pounds | 15.9764 | 916-2/3 | 14.6450 | 246.5488 | 226.0032 | 9.7330 |
| Sovereign | 7.9881 | 916-2/3 | 7.3225 | 123.2744 | 113.0016 | 4.8665 |
| Half sovereign | 3.9941 | 916-2/3 | 3.6612 | 61.6372 | 56.5008 | 2.4332 |
| Silver | ||||||
| Half crown | 14.1379 | 925 | 13.0775 | 218.1760 | 201.8119 | $0.6083 |
| Florin | 11.3103 | 925 | 10.4620 | 174.5405 | 161.4495 | .4866 |
| Shilling | 5.6551 | 925 | 5.2309 | 87.2695 | 80.7232 | .2433 |
| Sixpence | 2.8275 | 925 | 2.6154 | 43.6339 | 40.3008 | .1216 |
| Fourpence (groat) | 1.8850 | 925 | 1.7436 | 29.0893 | 26.9071 | .0811 |
| Threepence | 1.4137 | 925 | 1.3076 | 21.8162 | 20.1788 | .0608 |
| Twopence | .9425 | 925 | .8718 | 14.5446 | 13.4536 | .0405 |
| Penny | .4712 | 925 | .4358 | 7.2715 | 6.7252 | .0202 |
[90] A. Barton Hepburn, A History of Currency in the United States, pp. 450-473. The Macmillan Company. New York. 1915.