England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts Bay, South Carolina ana Georgia. GAINE'S NEW YORK POCKET ALMANACK, 1780. VALUE OF COINS. LONDON. Abstract of the Proclamation relative to the Gold Coin. GAINE'S POCKET ALMANAC. 1775. “ YESTERDAY, the 24th of June, 1774, his Majesty's Proclamation was published respecting the Gold Coin. The following is the substance of the most material Passages in it, viz.: "Whereas the Commissioners of the Treasury, by their Order of the 23d July last, did direct all Officers of the Revenues to cut, break, and deface all Pieces of Gold Coin of this Realm that should be tendered to them in Payment more deficient in Weight than the Rates settled in the Table following, viz.: Guineas coined since the 31st of December, 1771, 5 dwt. 8 gr. Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 dwt. 16 gr. Guineas coined during the present Reign and prior to the 1st January, 1772, 5 dwt. 6 gr. Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 dwt. 14gr. Quarter Guineas during the same Period, I dwt. 7 gr. Guineas coined prior to the Commencement of the present Reign, 5 dwt. 3 gr. Half Guineas during the same period, 2 dwt. 13gr. His Majesty declares and commands that all Guineas, Half Guineas, or Quarter Guineas more deficient in weight than the Rates before mentioned, be not allowed from henceforth to be current, or to pass in any Payment in Great Britain. “His Majesty further commands that from and after the 15th of July next ensuing, all Guineas, Half Guineas, and Quarter Guineas, more deficient in Weight than the Rates specified in the following Table, viz.: Guineas coined since the 31st December, 1771, 5 dwt. 8 gr. Half Guineas during the same period, 2 dwt. 16 gr. Guineas coined prior to the 1st of January, 1772, 5 dwt. 6gr. Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 dwt. 14gr. Quarter Guineas during the same Period, I dw........ 7 gr. be not allowed to be current, except in Payments to be made at the Exchequer, or to the Collectors of the Revenues, or to the Bank of England, or to the several Persons in different Country Towns mentioned in this Proclamation.” TABLE SHOWING THE VALUE IN NEW YORK OR PENNSYLVANIA CURRENCY FOR SUMS FROM ONE PENNY TO £100, COMPUTING THE EXCHANGE IN NEW YORK CURRENCY AT 171 3-7 FOR £100 STERLING, AND IN PENNSYLVANIA CURRENCY AT 160 5-7, THE PAR OF EXCHANGE AT 4s. 8d. PER DOLLAR, From John Holt's New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, 1765-1766; New York Journal or General Advertiser, 1767-1775. STAPLE ARTICLES. 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 May 2. May 8. May 7. May 5. May 4. May 3. May 16. May 7. May 6. | May 5. May 4. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. |