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cnn = 5 reals of new plate : 64 Mexican reals = 85 reals 

 of old ])latr : 2 Mexican reals :-z 5 n'als vclloii : 16 reals 

 of new plate ^ 17 reals of old plate: 17 reals of old 

 plate - 32 reals vellon. The piftole of exchange (dobli.oii 

 dc plata) is worth 32 reals of old plate, or 60 reals 8 

 Maravcdis vellon. The dollar of exchange ( pefo de plata ) 

 is worth 8 reals of old plate, or 15 reals 2 Maravedis 

 vellon. The ducat of exchange (diicado de plata) is 

 worth II reals i Maravedi of old plate, or 20 reals 

 2C44 Maravedis vellon. But, in commercial tranfaaions 

 within the country, the dobloon is reckoned only at Oo, 

 the pefo at 15, and the ducat at 1 1 reals vellon. 

 The coins now current in Spain are as follow ■ 



K.-iils 



1 



Vollon. 



320 



160 



80 

 40 



In o-old. The dobloon of 8 efcudos, 



or quadruple piltolc, 



pafliug for - _ 



The dobloon of 4 efcudos, \ 



or double pillole - ^ 

 The dobloon de Oro, orl 



pillole - - J 



The elcudo ... 



The coronilla, or vein- | 



ten de Oro - - S 

 1,1 iilver. — The dollar, or pefo duro - 

 The half dollar, or efcudo \ 



vellon - - 3 



The peceta Mexicana - 

 The real of Mexican plate - 

 In bafe filver.— The peceta provincial - 

 The real of provincial plate - 

 The real vellon - - - 



In copper. — The piece of two quartos - - 8 



The quarto ... - 4 



The ochavo ... - z 



From 1730 to 1772, the gold vras 22 carats, and the 

 filver II dineros fine (the dinero = 24 grains) : but in 

 1772 the gold was reduced to 21A carats, and the filver to 

 lof dineros fine, the pccetas and reals being reduced to 



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()\ dineros fine. In 1786 the ftandard of the gold was 

 again reduced to 2 1 carats for the different dobloons and 

 their divifions; and to 2oi^ carats for the coronilla or veiii- 

 t.n de Oro. For the value of the pillole, fee Pi.stole. 



The dollar (coined fince 1772) contains 374I- troy 

 grains of fine filver, or 405' grains of Englifh Itandard 

 filver : its value therefore in Englifh filver coin is t^. 4^</. ; 

 and the iialf dollar in proportion. The value of the pefo 

 of plate, or dollar of exchange, in Englifh filver coin, is 

 394(/. ; of the dobloon of plate, or pillole of exchange, 

 I3J-. 2d. : and of the ducat of plate, 4;. 6^</. The real of 

 old plate is worth about j</. ; and the real vellon 2 id. 

 nearly; or more accurately, i/. ilerling = 48 reals, 205 

 Maravedis of old plate, or 91 reals 17 Maravedis vellon. 



By the reports of average allays lately made 011 the 

 quadruple and dollar at the London mint by order of the 

 bank of England, the quadruple weighs 17 dwt. 8 gr. ; 

 its finenefs 4^ gr. worfe than Englifh ilandard : hence its 

 value in Englifli gold coin is 3/. 4J. o^d. The dollar weighs 

 17 dwt. 8 gr. ; its finenefs 8 dwt. worfe tiian Englifh ftand- 

 ard : hence its value in Englifli filver coin is 4J. '^\d. See 

 Pistole. 



The value of reals of Spain, and monies of account, ex- 

 prelled in pence and decimals of pence, according to the 

 mint price both of gold and filvrr in England, i.f. 3/. 17J. lo\d. 

 per ounce for gold, and ^s. 2d. per ounce for filver, is as 

 follows : 



' 



5 

 2 



4 



2 

 I 



The affay, weight, &c. of Spanifh filver coins compared 

 \vith the Englifh tbandard of 11 oz. 2 dwt., and according 

 to the mint price of filver in England, i. e. §s. 2d. per 

 ounce ftandard, are as follow, W. denoting worfe than 



Englifh Ilandard. 



For the affay, weight, value, &c. of gold coins, fee 

 Pistole. 



Real, or Reali, is alfo a money of account at Leghorn. 

 At Zante, and alfo Cefalonia and Corfu, accounts are kept 

 in reali, of 10 lire, or 100 foldi, alfo called afpri. 



Real is the name of a kind of boat in fome places. 



Real el No-vita, in Geography. See NoviTA. 



Real Nuevo, a town of Mexico, in the province of 

 New Bifcay ; 120 miles N.W. of Parral. N. lat. 29° 10'. 

 W. long. 107° 20'. 



Real 



