The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896

Name: The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896
Author: Shaw, William Arthur

Shaw, William Arthur

Money -- History

+------+----------------------------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+
  |      |                            |         |         |   Tale   |   Value   |
  |Year. |       Denomination.        |Standard.| Weight. |    per   | at which  |
  |      |                            |         |         |   Mark.  |circulated.|
  +------+----------------------------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+
  |      |                            | Karati. | Grains. |          |Soldi. Den.|
  | 1252 | Fiorino d'oro              |    24   |    72   |    96    |  20    0  |
  | 1275 |     Do.                    |    24   |    72   |    96    |  30    0  |
  | 1282 |     Do.                    |    24   |    72   |    96    |  32    0  |
  | 1286 |     Do.                    |    24   |    72   |    96    |  36    0  |
  | 1296 |     Do.                    |    24   |    72   |    96    |  40    0  |
  | 1302 |     Do.                    |    24   |    72   |    96    |  51    0  |
  | 1321 | Fiorino of the first       |         |         |          |           |
  |      |   suggello (5 per cent.    |         |         |          |           |
  |      |   advantage)               |    24   |    69   |   100    |    ...    |
  | 1324 | Fiorino of the second      |         |         |          |           |
  |      |   surgely                  |    24   |  70-1/2 |  98-1/4  |  60    0  |
  | 1328 | Fiorino stretti            |    24   |  70-1/2 |  98-1/4  |  66    1  |
  | 1331 |     Do.                    |    24   |  70-1/2 |  98-1/4  |  60    0  |
  | 1345 | Fiorini of the third       |         |         |          |           |
  |      |   surgely (5 per cent.     |         |         |          |           |
  |      |   advantage)               |    24   |  70-1/2 |  98-1/4  |  62    0  |
  | 1347 |     Do.      do.           |    24   |  70-1/2 |  98-1/4  |  68    0  |
  | 1352 |     Do.      do.           |   ...   |   ...   |    ...   |  67    6  |
  | 1353 |     Do.      do.           |   ...   |   ...   |    ...   |  68    6  |
  | 1356 |     Do.      do.           |   ...   |   ...   |    ...   |  70    0  |
  | 1375 | Fiorino nuovo              |    24   |  71-3/5 |  96-2/5  |  70    0  |
  | 1378 |     Do.                    |   ...   |   ...   |    ...   |  68    0  |
  | 1380 | Fiorino nuovastro          |   ...   |   ...   |    ...   |  70    0  |
  | 1402 | Fiorino nuovo of the fifth |         |         |          |           |
  |      |   suggello (6-1/4 per cent.|         |         |          |           |
  |      |   advantage)               |    24   |    68   |101-11/117|  73    4  |
  | 1422 | Fiorino nuovissimo or      |         |         |          |           |
  |      |   largo di Galea           |    24   |  71-3/5 |  96-2/5  |  80    0  |
  | 1442 | Fiorino largo              |    24   |    72   |    96    |    ...    |
  |      | Fiorino of the sixth       |         |         |          |           |

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The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896Shaw, William Arthur

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