The Regulating Silver Coin, Made Practicable and Easie, to the Government and Subject

by Samuel Pratt

POSTULATA.

1. That the Current Silver Coyn of ENGLAND ought to be at least	l. s. 5.000.000 Sterl.
2. That there is not in England at present above	4.000.000 l. Sterl.
3. That there passes not publickly above	3.000.000 l. Sterl.
4. That the hoarded Silver Coyn is about	1.000.000 l. Sterl.
5. That the present Current Counterfeited Coyn is about	1.000.000 l. Sterl.
6. That the present Current Silver Coyn not counterfeited, but clipt filed or otherwise diminished is about	2.000.000 l. Sterl.
7. That the Current Silver Coyn in daily use, not counterfeited but cliped or otherwise diminished is not intrinsically above	1.000.000 l. Sterl.

Now the Axioms I shall build upon are chiefly these.