+----------+--------------------+-------------------------------+ | | The Mark of Silver | The Mark of Gold | | | coined into | coined into | | Date. | | | | +-----------+--------+-----------+--------+----------+ | | Livres | Sols. | Livres | Sols. | Deniers. | | |(Tournois).| |(Tournois).| | | +----------+-----------+--------+-----------+--------+----------+ | 1309 | 2 | 19 | 44 | 0 | 0 | | (Philp | | | | | | | le Bel.)| | | | | | | 1315 | 2 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 0 | | 1343 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 8 | | 1350 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 18 | 9 | | 1361 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | | 1381 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 10 | 0 | | 1422 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 5 | 0 | | 1427 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | | 1429 | 7 | 0 | 77 | 10 | 0 | | 1446 | 7 | 10 | 88 | 2 | 6 | | 1456 | 8 | 10 | 100 | 0 | 0 | | 1473 | 10 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | | 1475 | 10 | 0 | 118 | 10 | 0 | +----------+-----------+--------+-----------+--------+----------+ In this table each of the points or dates taken marks a period of return to good money after a period of debasement, and in the mind of the legislator such return to good money (_monnaie forte_) can only be construed as based on an estimated general or normal rate of monetary values, for each particular succeeding point of time. At every return to good money a proclamation was issued, expressing the determination of the administration to adhere to good money, as in the halcyon days of St. Louis, etc. etc., and fixing the rate at which the monies should be coined and current. By taking these points or dates of return to good money, therefore, we eliminate the arbitrary action of the Government in periods of debasement, and arrive at a net result showing the _natural_ movement of the metals.