8 <* An account of the Money of Asia. Part H. 



they make ufe of certain Shells that are gather'd upon the Sea-more, which 

 they bring from Maldives. 



.The Gold and Silver Money of the Kings of Afem, Tipoura, 



Arakan, and Pegu. 



AL L the Silver Money coin'd by the Kings whom I have nam'd, is in 

 goodnefs equal to our Crown, rating it at three Livres ten Sous the Ounce, 

 as we rate our Crowns here. 



Fig. i, and 2. is the Silver Money of the King of Afem ; it weighs three 

 Drams and four Grains, and comes to 23 Sous of our Money. 



Fig. 3, 4. is the Silver Money made by the King of Tipoura ChatermanV 

 ïn the language of the Country, he is call d Dieu-Ara-gari, which is ftampc 

 upon one fide of the Money, and upon the other Cbatermani Roy de Tipourài 

 His Country begins about twelve days journey from Daca toward the North- 

 Weft. This Money weighs two Drams and a half, and twenty-two Grains j 

 and is in value twenty-two Sous. 



Fig. j, 6. is the King of Arakan s Money. It Weighs two Drams and a half, 

 and 1 j Grains, which makes 21 Sous of our Money. This King coins no Gold § 

 but he trafficks in Gold uncoin'd. The Mettal is very bafe, and not worth 

 above 14 Carats, a Carat being the third part of an Ounce. The King how- 

 ever holds it at a high rate, to keep it from being earry'd out of his Coun- 

 try. In all Bengala this King is known by no other Name but the King of 

 Mogue^ 



Fig. 7, and 8. is the King of Pegu s Silver Money, and Weighs two Drams 

 and a half, and twelve Grains, which may come to about 20 Sous, and fix 

 Deneers of our Money. 



Fig. 9, and 10. are the King of Pegu s Fàno's, or little pieces of Gold, and 

 weigh not above 7 Grains to boot. Fifteen of thefè little pieces pals for the 

 value of a Real, or one of our Crowns, the Gold being courte. 



Fig. 11, 12. are the Kings of A/em's Fano's j they weigh alfb 7 Grains? 

 but they are a much bafèr Mettal than thofe of Pegu, for twenty-two of them 

 amount but to the value of our Crown, 



Lumps or Tieces of Gold and Silver which go for Money in thé 

 Kingdom of China, and the Kingdom of Tunquin. 



YO U are firft to take notice, that in ali the Kingdom of China, and the 

 Kingdom of Tunquin, there is no Money coin'd, either Gold or Silver $ 

 that their final 1 Money is Copper, and that they make ufe in payments only 

 of Lumps or Pieces of Gold and Silver, which have every one their particu^ 

 lar weight, as is here reprefented. 



The Pieces of Gold mark'd Fig. 1, and 2. are by the Hollanders call'd Golt- 

 fchut, that is to fay, a Boat of Gold, becaufe they are in the form 0/ a Boar. 

 Other Nations call them Loaves of Gold ; and there are but two different fizes 

 of them. The Gold is of fuch a goodnefs, that an Ounce in France would 

 not be worth lefs. than 42 Franks. The great Pieces come to twelve hun- 

 dred Gelders of Holland Money, and thirteen hundred and fifty Livres of our 

 Money. The other Piece, which weighs but half as much, is in value accor- 

 ding to its proportion. J 



As for their Pieces of Silver, they are of fèveral fizes, ancKdifferent weight. 

 Fig.%. weighs fix Drams and a half, and 23, Grains ; and the Silver being 



very 



