A military dictionary

by William Duane

		Weight ——		Fineness ——			Pure contents ——		Value ——
		Grs.100		Oz.	dwt.		Grs.100		d.100
Aix la Chapelle,	the rathspræsentger	95	,68	7	1		56	,21	7	,85
Arabia,	the larin	74	,17	10	17	¹⁄₂	56	,84	7	,93
Basil,	the reichsthaler	436	,89	10	10		382	,28	53	,38
Bengal,	the sicca rupee	179	,55	11	18	¹⁄₂	178	,43	24	,92
Bern,	the patagon	417	,63	10			348,		48	,59
Bombay,	the rupee	178	,31	11	15		174	,60	24	,38
Denmark,	the riksdahler	449	,87	10	10		393	,64	54	,97
	the krohn	344	,	8	1		230	,77	32	,23
England,	the crown	464	,52	11	2		429	,68	60	,00
	the shilling	92	,90	11	2		85	,94	12	,
Flanders,	the ducaton	513	,29	10	8	³⁄₄	446	,46	62	,34
	the croon	456	,91	10	8	¹⁄₂	395	,71	55	,26
	the patagon	433	,	10	10		378	,88	52	,91
France,	the ecu of 1726	452	,50	10	18		411	,03	57	,40
	the 5 franc piece	386	,14	10	16		347	,52	48	,53
Geneva,	the patagon	416	,87	10			347	,38	48	,51
Genoa,	the genovina	593	,10	11	9		565	,93	79	,03
	the St. Gianbatista	321	,66	11			294	,85	41	,17
	the giorgino	91	,25	10	6	²⁄₃	78	,58	10	,97
	the double madonina	140	,19	10	1	²⁄₃	117	,80	16	,45
Germany,	the reichsthaler constitution money	450	,97	10	13	¹⁄₃	400	,87	55	,98
	the gulden ditto	225	,48	10	13	¹⁄₃	200	,43	27	,99
	the reichsthaler convention money	432	,93	10			360	,78	50	,38
	the gulden ditto	216	,46	10			180	,39	25	,19
	the old zweydrittel						229	,05	31	,98
	the new zweydrittel						200	,42	27	,98
Hamburgh,	the rixdollar banco	450	,52	10	13	¹⁄₂	400	,47	55	,92
	the marc banco	150	,17	10	13	¹⁄₃	133	,49	18	,64
	the rix dollar lubs	124	,41	9			318	,30	44	,43
	the marc lubs	141	,47	9			106	,10	14	,81
Holland,	the ducatoon	503	,50	11	5		472	,03	65	,91
	the three florin piece	488	,	11			447	,33	62	,46
	the rixdaler	433	,17	10	10		379	,03	52	,93
	the leeuwendaler	422	,	8	18		312	,98	43	,70
	the gold florin	307	,	7	7		188	,04	26	,26
	the current florin	162	,70	10	19		148	,46	20	,73
Madras,	the rupee	178	,88	11	16	¹⁄₂	176	,28	24	,61
Milan,	the philip	430	,21	11	8	¹⁄₂	409	,30	57	,15
Naples,	the ducat	336	,	10	19		306	,60	42	,81
Piedmont,	the ducatoon	491	,03	11	8	¹⁄₃	467	,17	65	,23
	the scudo of 1733	459	,88	10	19	¹⁄₆	419	,96	58	,64
	the scudo of 1755	542	,95	10	17	¹⁄₂	492	,05	68	,71
Pondicherry,	the rupee	177	,27	11	11		170	,63	23	,83
Poland,	the tympfe	89	,75	6	3	¹⁄₂	46	,12	6	,44
Portugal,	the cruzade	265	,65	10	15	¹⁄₂	238	,54	33	,31
Prussia,	the current rixdollar	343	,42	9			257	,57	35	,97
Rome,	the scudo moneta	408	,70	11			374	,64	52	,31
	the testono	130	,54	11			119	,67	16	,71
	the papeta	81	,59	11			74	,79	10	,44
Russia,	the ruble of 1755	402	,76	9	10		318	,85	44	,52
	the ruble of 1763	369	,88	9			277	,41	38	,74
	the ruble of 1801	77	,48	10	8		240	,48	33	,58
	the livonina of 1757	411	,66	9	1	¹⁄₄	310	,99	43	,41
	the rixdollar albertus	433	,17	10	10		379	,03	52	,93
Saxony,	the old reichsthaler	450	,97	10	13	¹⁄₃	400	,87	55	,98
	the new reichsthaler	432	,93	10			360	,78	50	,38
	the zweydrittelstucke	212	,14	11	6	²⁄₃	200	,35	27	,98
Spain,	the hard dollar before 1772	416	,40	10	18	¹⁄₃	378	,81	52	,90
	the hard dollar since 1772	416	,40	10	15		373	,03	52	,09
Sweden,	the reichsthaler of 1764	451	,56	10	10	⁵⁄₆	396	,69	55	,39
	the ducatoon	484	,	11	1	¹⁄₄	446	,18	62	,30
	the carolin	160	,51	8	6	²⁄₃	111	,47	15	,56
	the ten oere silver piece	108	,30	5	6	²⁄₃	48	,13	6	,72
Tuscany,	the francescono	422	,75	11			387	,52	54	,11
	the lanternina	420	,	11	1		386	,75	54	,
	the livornina	402	,	11	1		370	,18	51	,69
United States,	the dollar	409	,79	11			375	,64	52	,45
Venice,	the ducat	350	,83	9	18		289	,44	40	,42
	the scudo	489	,54	11			448	,75	62	,66
	the giustina	433	,17	11			397	,07	55	,45

In the first column of this table is shewn the weight of each foreign coin in grains troy-weight; in the second column, the degree of fineness in carats and grains of a carat; in the third column, the contents of fine silver in grains troy-weight; and in the fourth, the intrinsic value expressed in pence sterling.

The following example will shew in what manner the value of a foreign coin in other money also foreign may be ascertained.

Example.

It is required to express the value of a Spanish hard dollar in the money of France.

As it is seen by the prefixed table that the hard dollar contains 373,03 grains of fine silver, and that the piece of 5 francs contains 347,52 grains of fine silver, I state the following equation:

				1		hard dollar = x
1		hard dol.	=	373	,03	grains
347	,52	grains	=	5		franc piece
Result 5 francs 37 cents

MONIES, in a military sense, are such sums as are issued for public service, and are more specifically distinguished by the appellation of army estimates. It is usual for the secretary at war to move for the estimates of the army. The following sums shew the amount of the British military establishment on the 17th of February, 1801:—

1,615,878l. for guards and garrisons.

1,743,773l. for maintenance of troops abroad.