Dwt. grs. 



£ 5. 



(i. 



4 8 



1 1 







2 4 



10 



6 



20 16 



6 



8 



10 8 



3 



4 



5 4 



1 



8 



Westropp — Money Weights and Foreign Coin in Ireland. 55 



kingdom, shall from hereafter pass and be accepted, in all payments and 

 receipts, as current money within this kingdom at and after the respective 

 rates hereafter mentioned, viz. : — 



Gold. 



The Spanish or French Pistole, 



The Spanish or French half Pistole, 



Silver. 

 The Ducatoon, 

 The half-Ducatoon, 

 The quarter-Ducatoon, \ 

 The Mexico, Sevil, or Pillar Piece of Eight,-, 



the Rix Dollar, Cross Dollar, and all other l 17 5 4 



Dollars, and the French Lewis, J 



The halves do. do. 



The quarters do. do. 



The old Peru Piece of Eight, . 

 The half old Peru Piece of Eight, 

 The quarter old Peru Piece of Eight, 

 The Crusado of Portugal, 

 The half Crusado of Portugal, 



The proclamation then goes on to state that the allowances and the 

 weights to be used, are to be those authorized by the proclamation of June 

 6th, 1683. 



A proclamation by the Lords Justices and Council, February 21st, 169-|. 

 Whereas many and great inconveniences have happened to His Majesty's 

 subjects of this kingdom by the differences of weights that have been of late 

 made use of for the weighing of such foreign coin as is current here, and that 

 several weights for the weighing of such coin as aforesaid have been 

 unskilfully made, sold, and uttered by John Cuthbert of the city of Dublin 

 (who was formerly appointed one of the persons to make them), to the great 

 prejudice of His Majesty's good subjects ; and we being desirous to remedy 

 a mischief so prejudicial to the trade and traffic of this kingdom, have thought 

 fit by this our proclamation ; and we do hereby declare that we have removed 

 and discharged the said John Cuthbert and Henry Paris from making, 

 adjusting, or selling any money weights, and have directed all the money 

 weights that are necessary for the said coin to be exactly made by Vincent 

 Kidder of Dublin, goldsmith, according to the standard lately made in His 

 Majesty's Mint in the Tower of London, each weight to be stamped with the 



do. 



8 12 







2 8 



do. 



4 e 







1 4 





. 17 







4 10 





. 8 12 







2 5 





. 4 6 







1 2* 





. 10 20 







3 6 





. 5 10 







1 9 



