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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;goodasgold, post: 278457, member: 10148&quot;]Hi, just new here ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Governor King&#039;s proclamation of 1800 in Australia was an attempt to address the often confusing number of &#039;foreign&#039; coins in everyday use.</p><p>Below is his &#039;table of specie&#039;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">£ s. d. </font></p><p><font size="2">A Guinea … … … 1 2 0 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Johanna … … … 4 0 0 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Half-Johanna … 2 0 0 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Ducat … … … 0 9 6 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Gold Mohur … … 1 17 6 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Pagoda … … … 0 8 0 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Spanish dollar … 0 5 0 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Rupee … … … 0 2 6 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Dutch guilder … 0 2 0 </font></p><p><font size="2">An English Shilling … 0 1 1 </font></p><p><font size="2">A Copper coin of One Ounce. 0 0 2 </font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">I&#039;m slowly compiling a &#039;Proclamation&#039; series some might find interesting.</font></p><p><font size="2">And your comments will be very much appreciated . Go here ....</font></p><p><font size="2"><a href="http://users.chariot.net.au/~villain/Coins/Page_33.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://users.chariot.net.au/~villain/Coins/Page_33.html" rel="nofollow">http://users.chariot.net.au/~villain/Coins/Page_33.html</a></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">Cheers, Les</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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