46 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Acade-iny. 



The true value and present value of the foregoing corns : — 



True Value. Present Value. 





£ s. d. 



£ s. 



a. 



Eider, 



.118 



1 2 







Horseman, 



. 10 10 



11 







Albertus, 



. 10 7J 



11 







Pistolet, 



. 14 9 



15 







Cardescu, 



.016 



1 



8 



Testoon, 



.013 



1 



4 



(Calendar of Stat-e Papers, Ireland.) 



August 16th, 1642. Ordered that a committee of this House shall 

 repair to the Lords Justices and make known to their Lordships the 

 great loss received by all sorts of His Majesty's subjects in this kingdom 

 by the making of Spanish Eyals of eight, current here for fourteen groats, 

 whereas the same are of much less value in England, and in many places not 

 current there : and, therefore, to move their Lordships to make these Eyals 

 current only for thirteen groats, if they have the power to do so, otherwise 

 they will think of some way of making the same known to His Majesty, to 

 the end that the same may be current for thirteen groats only after 

 Michaelmas next. (Irish House of Lords Journals.) 



November 5th, 1652. Kilkenny. Whereas there has been a custom of 

 late years in this country of passing current clipped English money, and 

 likewise all Spanish money called Eyals or pieces of eight, with many 

 other sorts of foreign coin, at a far higher rate than true ; ordered and 

 declared that it may be lawful for aU persons to refuse clipped English 

 money unless tendered according to the true value by weight. That no sort 

 of Spanish money called Eyals or pieces of eight, nor Eix, Flemish or crosse 

 dollars, nor any other of that kind that have usually passed at the rate of five 

 shillings, be henceforth enforced in payment for any more than at the rate of 

 four sh i llings and sixpence, and the half- and quarter-pieces proportionately. 

 Likewise, that no Philip's money called Ducatoons, usually received for six 

 shillings, be enforced in payment for more than five shillings and sixpence 

 and the half Ducatoons proportionately. That no French money called 

 Quardeques shall be enforced in payment for or above the value of four 

 shillings and sixpence, and no other foreign coin to be enforced in payment. 

 (Public Eecord Office, Dublin.) 



In the year 1652 the Irish Council made several representations to 

 England with reference to the great quantities of counterfeit and clipped 

 English money and base Peru pieces which were brought into Ireland. 



