This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1784 Excerpt: ...of Pence and Parts for a Rix-dollar i ind they exchange with Holland Rix-dollar for lix-dollar, or Florin for Florin, allowing a conidcrable Premium per Cent. Of Cologn Exchanges. THE Rix-dollar is here divided into 78 Albuftes; and Accounts are kept in Rix-dollars, Albofles, and peniers, 12 making an Albus. The Albus ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1784 Excerpt: ...of Pence and Parts for a Rix-dollar i ind they exchange with Holland Rix-dollar for lix-dollar, or Florin for Florin, allowing a conidcrable Premium per Cent. Of Cologn Exchanges. THE Rix-dollar is here divided into 78 Albuftes; and Accounts are kept in Rix-dollars, Albofles, and peniers, 12 making an Albus. The Albus is ajfo divided into 2 Cruitzers, and the Cruitzer into 4 Hellers.--There are alfo Buftarts of 4 Albuftes, Guilders of 24, and Dollars of;o AlbufTes.--The Par of the Rix-dollar is 4 s. 6 d. Sterling, by which Kxchanges are negociated.--They exchange with Holland Rix-dollar for Rixdollar, at a fluctuating Premium. In fome Parts of this BHhopric they divide the Guilder into 40 Stiters, and each Stiver into 3 Duytcs, (in which they keep their Accounts) 6 Duytes making an Albus, and Albas a Stiver; 10 chat the Rix-dollar, by this Way of reckoning, will be 1061 AlbuiTes, or 80 Stivers, or 2 Guilders. 1 Of Liege Exchanges. AT this Place Accounts are kept in Livres, Schillings, and P- nins, reckoning 20 Schillings to a Livre, and 12 Penins to a Schilling. The Rix-dol!ar of thif. Place is 4 Livres, by which which Exchanges are negociated'--The Par; 4 s. 6d. Stirling, and at Amfterdam 50 Stivers, t a Rix-dollar, Banco. Exchanges with Holl: are often made by giving a Livre for a 1 Guilder. Of Stralburgh Exchanges. IN this Place Accounts are kept in Rix-doNars and Cruitzers, reckoning 90 Cruitzers to a Rix-dollar; or in Florins and Cruitzers, reckoning 60 Criiitzei? to a Florin, --and by fome in Livres', Sols, and Deniers, reckoning as Pounds, Shillings, and Pence, --A Rix-dollar is Guilder, 15 Schillings, 3 Livres, or 60 Sols; a Guilder is 2 Livres, or 10 Schillings'; a Livre is 20 Sois, 5 Schillings, or 30 Cruitzers; a Schilling Cruitzers, or 4 Sols.
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