NOTE. To find the value of any number of pounds represented by one figure, find the figure in the left-hand margin o
the upper table, and its value will appear in the column adjoining, opposite that figure. To find the value when expressed
by two figures, look for the tens in the left-hand column, and for the units in the top margin, and the value will be shown in
the place where the two columns meet; thus, the value of £57 is $277.3905. To find the value of £576, look for 57 as before,
and move the decimal point one place to the right, and it shows $2773.905; then add £6 as already shown, $29.199, and it
gives the sum of $2803.104.
The lower table shows the value of every combination of shillings and pence less than £1; the upper margin represent-
ing the shillings, and the left-hand margin the pence. Thus, to find the value of 17 shillings and 6 pence, follow the column
17 downward until it meets the left-hand column opposite 6, and it shows $4.25. By this method any number of pounds,
shillings, and pence can be reduced to United States gold quickly and accurately.