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An account of the Money of Asia. Part II. 



fmce the prefent King of England married the Princefs of Portugal, who had 

 in part of her Portion the famous Port of Bombeye, where the EngUJh are 

 v r ery hard at work to build a ftrong Fort, they coin both Silver, Copper, 

 and Tinn. But that Money will not goat Sur at, nor in any part of the Great 

 Mogul's Dominions, or in any of the Territories of the Indian Kings ; only it 

 pafles among the EngUJh in their Fort, and fome two or three Leagues up 

 in the Country, and in the Villages along the Coaft ; the Country people that 

 bring them their Wares, being glad to take that Money ; otherwifc they would 

 fee but very little ftirring, in regard the Country is very poor, and the people 

 have nothing to fell but Aqua, Vit», made of Coco-Wine and Rice. 



Fig. 3. and 4. is the Gold Money which the Hollanders coin at P aliat e t 

 which is a Fort that they pofiefs upon the Coaft of Coromandel Thofe pieces 

 are alfo call'd Pagods, and are of the fame weight with the others 5 but for 

 the goodnefs, I think they are better by two or three in the hundred, than 

 thofè of the Kings and Raja's of the Country, or which the EngUJh make, 

 I made this obfervation, being at the Diamond-Mines, and in other parts of 

 the Indies where there is any great Trade. For the firft thing they ask you 

 is, whether you have any Pagods of PtUcate ; and if you have, you fpeed muca 

 better in your bufmefs. 



Fig. and 6. is a Roupy of Silver, which the Hollanders coin at Pelicate, 

 being of the fame weight with thofè which the Great Mogul, or the Kings of 

 Gokonda and Fijapour make. It has in the middle upon one fide the mark of the 

 Holland Company , to diftinguifh it from others. The Hollanders Roupies of Silver 

 are quite contrary to their Pagods of Gold, which are more efteemed by the In- 

 dians than thofe of the Princes of the Country. For they make far lefs account 

 of thefe Roupies of Silver ; and if you pay any great fum in thefe pieces, 

 though the Silver be, as good as the others, you mult lofe one half per Cent. 



Fig. 7, and is the Hollanders (mail Copper -Money, wherewith they or- 

 dinarily pay their Soldiers. It has upon one fide the mark of the Company. 

 And indeed the Hollanders, who mind nothing but their profit, had great reafon 

 to obtain leave to coin Money ; for bringing only Gold from fapan, from Ma- 

 cajfar only Gold in Powder, and from Ctoina Gold in Ingots, and felling all 

 thefe to the Bankers, they found that they loft five or fix per Cent, which 

 proceeded from the miitruft of the Chrmgers , and the chief of the Facto- 

 ries belonging to the Company. Now they fhun that lofs, and make the fame 

 profit which the Bankers did coining all t'heiè mettais into money. Though 

 in every Voyage which thev make to fapa>r, they generally lofe one Vefiel 

 by ftorm ; yet fome years they make five or fix Millions of Livres profit, 

 all freights difcharged , and hazards efcaped. But that profit is quite loft, 

 fmce their lofs of the Ifland of Formoja. 



The Money of the King of Cheda and Pera. 



THis Money is of Tin, and is coin'd by the King of Cheda and Pera. He 

 coins no other Money than Tin. Some years he found ®ut feveral Mines, 

 which was a great prejudice to the EngUJh. For the Hollanders and other 

 Merchants buy it, and vend it over all ^Jfia. Formerly the EngUJh brought 

 k out of England, and furnifhed greats part of Afia, where they confum'd a 

 vaft quantity ; they carried it alfo into all the Territories of the Great Mogul, 

 as alfo into Perfia and Arabia ; for all their Difhes are of Copper, which they 

 caufe to be Tinned over every month* Among the meaner fort of people, there 

 is little to be feen but this Tin-money, and the Shels call'd Cori j which I 

 have fpoken of already. 



Fig. i, and 2. is that great piece of Tin, which weighs an ounce and a half, 

 and in that Country goes for the value of two of our Sous. But in regard 

 that Tin is there at 14 Sous a pound, it is not worth above one Sous and j 



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