(macfarlane] metallic CURRENCY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 53 



SILVER. No. of 



cents. 



Crown = 5/ — $1% 125. 



Double florin or dollar ^4/ 100. 



Half Crown = 2/6 62.5 



Florin = Half Dollar = 2/ 50. 



Rupee = 1/4 32. 



Shilling = quarter dollar 25. 



Sixpence 12.5 



Groat 8.0 



3 d. piece 6. 



COPPER PIECES. 



Penny = One Anna — One sixteenth Rupee 2.0 



Half Penny, copper or cent 1.0 



Farthing = One pice (Indian) 0.5 



Mauritius cent 0.33 



Centime 0.20 



Pie (Indian) 0.16 



Mill 0.10 



Mauritius quarter cent 0.08 



It will be seen that in this list of British \coins there are none to 

 represent 10 cents and 5 cents, and if the latter were made as suggested. 

 of pure f malleable metallic nickel, the list of essentially Imperial coins 

 would stand as follows: — 



GOLD PIECES. Value in 



cents . 



Double Guinea, "Empress" or "Edward" 1000. ^ 



Guinea (New Pound) 500. 



Half Guinea 250. 



Dollar or Double florin 100. 



SILVER PIECES. : 



Florin 50. 



Rupee 32. 



Shilling 25. 



Dime or five pence piece 10. 



NICKEL PIECES. 



Nickel, or twopence half penny 5. 



Penny or Anna 2. 



Cent, Halfpenny, or copper 1. 



BRONZE PIECES. 



Farthing or pice (Indian) 0.5 



Mill 0.1 



Accounts in England and the Colonies of Australia and South 

 Africa could be put on a idecimal basis by regarding the double guinea 

 as the unit instead of the pound, and it would be an easy matter to re- 



