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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 32264, member: 708&quot;]The British recorded the coins by total face value of all coins struck, or by weight value for all coins struck. So in 1677 you&#039;d get a certain weight of silver minted into all silver denominations, to a certain face value. But that&#039;s not much help knowing exactly how many were struck of each denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>One small question about the French issues, what fineness of silver were they? And why was France still minting silver coins, i mean the French government was nearing bankruptcy in the 1780s, and the British had suspended silver coin minting some decades previous due to the excessive silver prices. Presumably the French silver coins must have been of lower purity?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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