VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS AND CURRENCIES. 



IX 



A. Countries with fixed currencies. 



The following official (United States Treasury) valuations of foreign coins do not include " rates of 

 exchange." 



* In 1874 and 1875, the gold standard prevailed. 



t The gold standard was adopted October i, 1892. (See CONSULAR REPORTS No. 147, p. 623.) Values 

 are still, however, frequently expressed in the florin or gulden, which is worth 2 crowns or 40.6 cents. 



* Gold standard adopted October i, 1897. (See CONSULAR REPORTS No. 201, p. 259.) 

 See note to table of fluctuating currencies. 



For an account of the adoption of the gold standard, see Review of the World's Commerce, 

 1896-97, p. 254. 



