402 SILVER COINS, 



Portu.^ai half- 5. A half-crusada nova of Portugal. This coin is Hsually 

 Silver 8^ oop- c^"^'' ^ twelve vinteiTi piece. It was a coin of Mary I. and 

 per 1. Peter III. dated 1782. It weighed 117 grains. 



Silver reduced from the muriate 103 grains 



Copper 12 



Loss 2 



117 



Sardinian coin ; 6. A Sardinian coin of Victor Araadceus, dated 1779. 

 Silver 9i, cop- i^ ^veiglied 135.5 grains, 

 per 1. ° ® 



Silver 122 grains 



Copper 13 



135 

 Coin of Berne: 7- A Coin of the canton of Berne, dated 1717. The letter 

 ^erT ^^' *^^^' "^ surmounted with a crown. Inscription : Dominns provide- 

 bit. Reverse, the arms of Berne. Inscription : Moneta Reir 

 publkce Bernensis. — Cr. 20. It weighed 73 grains. 



Muriate of silver 76 gr.~57.5 silver 

 Copper, by estimate • • • • 15.5 ~ ' 



73.0 



For this and the four preceding coins, as well as for the fol- 

 lowing, I am indebted to Francis Farquharson. Esq, of Haugh- 

 toii, who brought them from the Continent. 

 Ancient coin, ^- ^ <^°'" ^^ Crotona. This is one of the oldest of the Greek 

 Greek: silver coins. It is supposed to have been coined about 600 



Silver nearly i ^ i r ^ l^^ • .■ t^ 



pure. years before the commencement of the Christian asra. It was 



rude, thick, not quite round ; hollow on the reverse ; with three 

 legs, somewhat in the shape of an m, on the obverse. There was 

 the appearance of letters, but too much eifaced to be decy- 

 phered. The weight was 1 13.64 grains. 



Muriate of silver, 144. 96 gr. = 109.50 silver 



Copper 1 .00 



Gold .13 



Loss 3.01 



113.64 



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