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Tael, or Leam, equal to 6S. Sd. Sterling.

Copper Money i„ v „ part of the Tael, or fomewhat more than '. of a Farthing.

Caxa, Cache, or Pifis, I| or | of a Fenny Sterl. 300000 of thefe are. nearly equal to 56 Dutch Pounds.

Caxa larger, .^-.- of a Piaftre, or Piece of Eight.

' Coins of Japan. The Japonefe flrike Coupants, both of Gold and Silver, and Copper Pieces with Holes in the middle, like thofe of China; tfoo of thefe make the Tael. Their other Monies, or qiiafi Monies, are Ingots, which they cut like the Chinefe of different Weights, chiefly three; the largeft, of the weight of fix Reals, viz. 48 Taels, the Tael equivalent to 75 Dutch Styvers. The fecond equal to fix Taels and an half; and the third to J of a Real, or 1 Tael f t.

Befide thefe, they have a lmall Silver Money, in form of round Beans, of no determinate weight, ufually weigh'd by Maifcs ; the common Payment being by 10 Maifes, which make one Tael. Coupant of Gold, weighing 1 Ounce-;/, s. d. Sterl. 6 Drachms ; its Figure a long Oval/ 6. lz. s the longeft Diameter about 4 In f ches, and the fhorteft half an Inch. -J Other Coupants of Gold, near i of the? . " ■ '_ '

former, amounting to about • ■ S

Counant of Silver, current at

Sterl.

Copper Money,

, of a Farthing.

Coins of Siam. In the Dominions of Siam are (truck Gold Pieces five or fix Grains heavier than the Half Piltole at Spain ; but thefe are rather Pieces of Curiofity, than of Ufe in Commerce.

Their Silver Coin is the Tical, or Baat; the Diminutions whereof are the Mayon, or Seling, Foang, and Sompayc. Thefe Pieces arc all ftrangely ftruck : in form they refemble Nuts, a little flatted at the Extremities ; and are fome of them cloven like Horfe-fhoes : On two of the Sides are fome Siamefe Letters.

Their Copper Money, called Bia, is round and thick : be- neath this is the Cauris. s. d. Sterl.

Gold Species of Siam, 7 ■• o

Tical, or Baat, — 2 : 5 1

Mayon,. or Seling, J of the Tical, — o : 75 and-;

Foang, § the Mayon, ■ — ° •' 3i?

Sompayc, f the Foang, — o : ifand^j.

Copper Coin, or Farthing of Siam, o : ofy

Coins of the Coafts and I/lands of the Indies. The Principal, and thofe mod: generally current, are Pa- gods, Roupics, Larins, Fanos, or Fanons, and Coupans, each whereof are ftruck both of Gold and Silver.

Befide thefe g neral Coins, are particular ones, viz-, at Goa, S.Thomas's of Gold.~- Along the Tcrfian Gulf, about Mecca, and throughout Arabia, the Larin. — Along the Coafts of Malabar, and at Gca, the Paradao Xeraphin of Silver. — At 'Bantam, the Fardos ; at Malabar, the Tare ; at Siam the Tical, with its Diminutions the Mayon, Foang, Sompayc, and Demi-Foang: all of Silver. — At Surate, Agra, and the reft of In do flan, the Pecha, or Peffa, and Doudous, all of Copper. — The Bafarucos and Chedas, of Tin,

I. s. d. Sterl. Pagod, Gold, denominated from its Im-? predion, an Indian Idol, — j

Pagod, Silver, its Value very different q

the fmalleft 8 Tangas, and the Tan-£ 1 : z : 6 ga 90 Bafarucos ; equal to J

Roupia, Gold, 1 .11 •' <>

Roupia, Silver, its Finenefs and Value various : There are three Kinds current, viz. the Roupias Siceas, the Rou- pias of Surat, and Roupias of Maderas. s. d. Sterl.

Roupias Siceas, worth at "Bengal 2:11

. of Surat — — — ' z : 6\

of Madras ■ 1 2:5-1

Note, This is to be underftood of the new Roupias ; for

as to the old ones, of each Kind, their Value is lefs :"

thofe of Maderas, v. g. are but equal to 1 s. 1 1 d. Sterl.

thofe of Surat, 2 j. and the Siceas 2 s. c,d.

Larin, in form of a round Wire, er Cylinder, *\s. d. Sterl.

,..-- equal to the Barrel of a Pea; bent in two/

and a little flatted at each end, to receive >o : 11 the Impreflion of fome Arabic, or c Perfi- V.

an Characters. ■ — J

Fanos, or Fanon, Gold, is of different Fine- nefs, Weight, and Value ; the largeft worth

The figglleft

Fanos, Silver, — 1

Coupant, fee Coins of Japan.

S. Thomas, equal to.

Pardao Xeraphin ' ■ —

• 9

Tical, fee Coins of Siam. s.

Pecha, or Peffa,. o

Doudou, \-j of Fanos, or fomewhat lefs than o ; o i

Bafaruco ■ 7 of a Farthing.

Cheda is of two Kinds, the one Ocrogonal, ?

current at ' ■ ■ 5° : x «

The other round o : oi

Mogul Coins. In the Dominions of the great Mogul, are Rdupies, Ma- moudes, and Pechas ; the firft both of Gold and Silver ; the fecond of Silver alone, and the third of Copper.

There are others flruck by the Princes tributary to him and the Powers bordering on him, fcarce current beyond their refpective Territories : particularly a fmall Silver Coin flruck by the K. of Mat Ollch a, whofe Territories lie to the North of Agra, of the Value of the Pecha of Mogul, but half as heavy again. — The Raja of 'Parta-jajamoula, to the North of fatua, likewife ftrikes fome little Pieces, both of Silver and Cojifer, of fmall Value. — The Raja of Ogden, whocom- mands between Brampour, Seronge, and Amadabath, a fmall Silver Coin, equal to 6 Pence Sterling; and another of Cap- per, equal to an Halfpenny Sterling. — The King of Cheda and Tera, a Tin Money called Cheda. — The King of jf. chem, little flight Gold Pieces, worth about 1 5 Pence Sterl. — and Tin Pieces, 80 of which are equal ro the _EBg/(/Z> Pen- ny, current in the Ifles of Sumatra. — The Gold Com of the King of Macaffar and Celebes, is taken by the Dutch for a Florin. — The King of Camboya ftrikes only Pieces of Silver and Copper : his Gold, wherein he abounds, is negotiated by weight.— The Kings of Java and Bantam, in the fame Ifland, and thofe of the Molucca Iflands, ftrike only Copper Coins : they allow foreign Silver Species to be current in their Territories, but coin none. _ ^ g ,

Roupia, fee Coins of the Coafts, &c. c/India. Mamouds, or Mammed, its value is not fix'd i~) In the Kingdom of Mazarate, the great£-o : 11

Mamoud is equal to J

The fmall half the great one o : 5^

Pecha, fee Coins of the IJlcs, &c. of India.

Silver Piece of Matoucha, o : o i

Silver Piece of the K. of Ogden, o : 6

Copper Piece of the 1 fame ° .' or

Cheda, fee Coins of the Ifles, &c. e/Tndia.

Gold Piece of rhe King of Achem, ■ 1 •' 3

Tin Piece of the fame o : o^

Gold Piece of the King of Macaffar, taken? , . I0 i by the Dutch for a Guilder, 5 ' x

To the Number of current Coins which have diftinct. Karnes to fpecify 'em, may be added many more, both in Europe and Afia ; only denominated and known from their Value : Such are thofe called fimply 'Pieces; with the Addi- tion of their Price : as in Spain, the Piece of eight Reals, in England the Piece of 21 Shillings, or Guinea ; in France the Piece of 4 Francs, Piece of 10 Sols, or Shillings"; Piece of 4 Sols j Piece of 2 Sols ; of 6 Blanks ; of 30, 15, 6, 4, Ejfc. Deniers, or Pence. See Piece.

Shells current in Afia.

Thefe ferve in many Places for Money 5 and are brought from the Maldives, and called in the Indies Cauris : On the ■ Coafts of Africa they change their Name, and are called Bouges.

In America they take a third Name, viz. Porcelains. In- deed thefe laft don't come from the Maldives ; there being Shells found in rhe Weft-Indies much like thofe of the Ettfi.

In the Kingdom of Congo is another Kind of Sheila, called Zimbi ; tho fome will have them the fame with the Cauris.

Cauris, Coris, or Bouges, are white Shells, current parti- cularly in the State of the Gteat Mogul ; dug out of the Ground by the Maldivians : 6 5 are ufually reckon'd equiva- lent to the Pecha, a fmall Copper Coin, worth about an Half- penny Sterling ; which brings each Cauris to ^ of a Penny Sterling.

Purcelaines are nearly on the fame Footing with the Cau- ris. See Cauris.

Zimbi, current particularly in the Kingdoms of Angoti and Congo. Two thoufand Zimbis make what the Negroes call a Macoute ; which is no real Money, whereof there is none in this Part of Africa, but a manner of reckoning = Thus, two Flemifli Knives they efteem a Macoute ; a Cop per Bafon, two Pound weight, and 12 Inches Diameter, three Macoutes ; a Fufil ten, c5c.

Fruits current for Coins. There are three Kinds of Fruits ufed for Coins ; two m America, particularly among the Mexicans ; which are the Cacao and Maife : The other in the Eaft-Indies, viz. A'- monds ; brought thither from Lar, and growing in the De- farts of Arabia. .* Cacao, 1 s of thefe are erteem'd equivalent to a Spamju Real, or 7 Pence Sterling.

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