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FOREIGN COINS
| Country | Standard | Monetary Unit | Val. in terms of U.S. gold dollar | Coins | ||
| Argentine Republic | Gold | Peso | $0.965 | Gold — argentine ($4.824) and 1⁄2 argentine. Silver — peso and divisions | ||
| Austria-Hungary | Gold | Crown | .203 | Gold — 10 and 20 crowns. Silver — 1 and 5 crowns | ||
| Belgium | Gold | Franc | .193 | Gold — 10 and 20 francs. Silver — 5 francs | ||
| Bolivia | Silver | Boliviano | .389 | Silver boliviano and divisions | ||
| Brazil | Gold | Milreis | .546 | Gold — 5, 10, 20 milreis. Silver — 1⁄2, 1, 2 milreis | ||
| British Honduras | Gold | Dollar | 1.000 | |||
| Canada (except Nfd.) | Gold | Dollar | 1.000 | |||
| Cent. Amer. States — | ||||||
| Costa Rica | Gold | Colon | .465 | Gold — 2, 5, 10, and 20 colons ($9.307). Silver — 5, 10, 25, and 50 centimos | ||
| Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, & Salvador | Silver | Peso | .391 | Silver — peso and divisions | ||
| Chili | Gold | Peso | .365 | Gold — escudo ($1.825), doubloon ($3.650), and condor ($7.300). Silver — peso and divisions | ||
| China | Silver | [[29]]Tael: | ||||
| Canton | .612 | |||||
| Haikwan | .652 | |||||
| Hongkong | .421 | |||||
| Dol- lar | British | $0.421 | ||||
| Mexican | .424 | |||||
| Colombia | Gold | Dollar | 1.000 | Gold — condor ($9.647); d’ble-condor. Silver — peso | ||
| Denmark | Gold | Crown | .268 | Gold — 10 and 20 crowns | ||
| Ecuador | Gold | Sucre | .487 | Gold — 10 sucres ($4.8665). Silver — sucre and div. | ||
| Egypt | Gold | Pound (100 piasters) | 4.943 | Gold — pound (100 piasters), 5, 10, 20, 50 piasters Silver — 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 piasters | ||
| Finland | Gold | Mark | .193 | Gold — 20 marks ($3.859), 10 marks ($1.93) | ||
| France | Gold | Franc | .193 | Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 francs. Silver — 5 francs | ||
| German Empire | Gold | Mark | .238 | Gold — 5, 10, and 20 marks | ||
| Great Britain | Gold | Pound Sterling | 4.866 1⁄2 | Gold — sovereign (pound sterling), 1⁄2 sovereign | ||
| Greece | Gold | Drachma | .193 | Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 drachmas. Sil. — 5 drachmas | ||
| Haiti | Gold | Gourde | .965 | Gold — 1, 2, 5, 10 gourdes. Silver — gourde and div. | ||
| India (British) | Gold | Pound Sterling[[30]] | 4.866 1⁄2 | Gold — sovereign (pound sterling). Silver — rupee and divisions | ||
| Italy | Gold | Lira | .193 | Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 lire. Silver — 5 lire | ||
| Japan | Gold | Yen | .498 | Gold — 5, 10, and 20 yen. Silver — 10, 20, and 50 yen | ||
| Liberia | Gold | Dollar | 1.000 | |||
| Mexico | Gold | Peso[[31]] | .498 | Gold — 5, 10 pesos. Silver — dollar (or peso) and div. | ||
| Nether- lands | Gold | Florin | .402 | Gold — 10 florins. Silver — 2 1⁄2. 1 florin and divisions | ||
| Newfound- land | Gold | Dollar | 1.014 | Gold — 2 dollars ($2.028) | ||
| Norway | Gold | Crown | .268 | Gold — 10 and 20 crowns | ||
| Panama | Gold | Balboa | 1.000 | Gold — 1, 2 1⁄2, 5, 10, 20 balboas. Silver — peso and div. | ||
| Persia | Silver | Kran | .072 | Gold — 1⁄2, 1 and 2 tomans ($3.409). Silver — 1⁄4, 1⁄2, 1, 2, and 5 krans | ||
| Peru | Gold | Libra | 4.866 1⁄2 | Gold — 1⁄2 and 1 libra. Silver — sol and divisions | ||
| Philippine Islands | Gold | Peso | .500 | Silver peso — 10, 20 and 50 centavos | ||
| Portugal | Gold | Milreis | 1.080 | Gold — 1, 2, 5 and 10 milreis | ||
| Russia | Gold | Ruble | .515 | Gold — 5, 7 1⁄2, 10, and 15 rubles. Silver — 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, and 100 copeks | ||
| Spain | Gold | Peseta | .193 | Gold — 25 pesetas. Silver — 5 pesetas | ||
| Straits Settlements | Gold | Pound Sterling[[32]] | 4.866 1⁄2 | Gold — sovereign (pound sterling). Sil. — dol. and div. | ||
| Sweden | Gold | Crown | .268 | Gold — 10 and 20 crowns | ||
| Switzerland | Gold | Franc | .193 | Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 francs. Silver — 5 francs | ||
| Turkey | Gold | Piaster | .044 | Gold — 25, 50, 100, 250, and 500 piasters | ||
| Uruguay | Gold | Peso | 1.034 | Gold — peso. Silver — peso and divisions | ||
| Venezuela | Gold | Bolivar | .193 | Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 bolivars. Silver — 5 bolivars | ||
[29] Amoy, .641; Cheefoo, .613; Chin Kiang, .626; Fuchau, .593; Hankau, .599; Kiaochu, .621; Nanking, .634; Newchang, .601; Ningpo, .616; Peking, .625; Shanghai, .585; Swatow, .592; Takau, .645; Tientsin, .621.
[30] The sovereign is the standard coin of India, but the rupee ($0.3244 1⁄2) is the current coin, valued at 15 to the sovereign.
[31] Seventy-five centigrams fine gold.
[32] The current coin of the Straits Settlements is the silver dollar issue on government account and which has been given a tentative value of $0.567758 1⁄3.
NOTE. — The coins of silver-standard countries are valued by their pure silver contents at the average market price of silver for the three months preceding the date of this table. (Courtesy The World Almanac.)
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