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a Proposal for accommodating the English Coins to the decimal mode of account
a Farthing to be considered as the money unit, a halfpenny as Two & a penny as 4.
| £ s d | |
| The smallest silver to be current for 25 units or | 0.0.6¼ |
| The next for 50 units or | 0.1.0½ |
| The third to be called a Cent & to be current for 100 units or | 0.2.1 |
| The smallest gold coin to be current for 250 units or | 0.5.2½ |
| The next for 500 units or | 0.10.5 |
| The largest gold coin to be called a George & to be current for 1000 or | 1.0.10 |
| Unit | a Two | a four | a twenty five | a Fifty | Cent a hundred |
a two hundred & fifty |
a five hundred | a George |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 | 1:000 |
| Three copper coins | three silver coins | three gold coins | ||||||
The value of Each Coin marked in Figures on the exergue
one tenth of alloy to be added to both silver & gold
In order to Lessen the Length of a Line of figures necessary to express a large sum it will be necessary to give names to the largest silver the largest Gold & the Least Copper Coin, the others may be calld by their numerical appellation. Thus 960,740,942 units may be Calld one million of Georges seven hundred & forty Thousand Georges Nine Cents & forty two units & noted thus
| G | C | U |
| 960,740 | 9 | 42 |
Current Status:
Completed