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ST. HELENA 



L s. d. 

 Moidorcs ..... 



Louis d'or and Napoleons 

 Venetians .... 



Star pagodas ...... 



Porto no\o pagodas .... 



American dollars, German and French crowns 

 Bengal sicca rupees .... 



Bombay and all other rupees 

 Ducatoons ... 

 British 3/- tokens ... 



Johannes 4/- pieces .... 



Dutch and Ceylon guilders and Rix dollars . 

 Colonial pieces ..... 



(The anchor J-doUar coined in 1822 for 



Mauritius) 

 All \od. pieces ..... 



Old Engli.sh and all other shillings 

 Old English and all other sixpences 



We read 111 the St. Helena record that no change was 

 made in the rating up to 1829, but in 1830 the Spanish 

 dollar was again reduced to 4s. 2d. and the doubloon to 

 £3 4s. This was the actual sterling value elsewhere, and 

 in tliis year the ratings fixed by the Cio\ernor and Council 

 were : — 



Doubloons 



Jose 



With -star) Bengal 



mohurs 

 Other moliurs . 

 Moidorcs 

 Napoleons and Louis 



d'or . 

 lo-guilder pieces 



i 

 3 



5. 

 4 



I 12 

 I 12 



I 9 



I 5 



o 15 

 o 15 



d. 

 o 

 o 



o 

 o 



o 

 o 



i s. d. 

 \'enetians . .090 



Star pagodas . .07 



I'orto novo pagodas o 5 

 Ducatoons . .05 



,; -guilder pieces . o 4 

 Dollars Spanish and 



American . .04 



o 



4 

 2 

 6 



Dollars, United States 

 5 -franc piece . 

 Half-star pagodas 

 Colonial pieces (English 

 Sicca rupees (Star) 

 Other rupees . 

 Dutch guilders 

 2-franc pieces . 



coined; 



i 

 o 



o 

 o 

 o 

 o 



o 

 o 

 o 



5. d. 



3 10 

 3 10 

 3 6 

 2 3 

 2 o 

 I 10 

 I 6 

 I 10 



This rate was in effect in 1834, when the Imperial Govern- 

 ment took charge of the island. In name the currency was 



