Part IT. An account of the Money of Asia. 



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very near in goodnefs to the Parifian, it comes to fifty-nine Sous, and eight 

 Deneers of our Money. The other Pieces, as well great as final], are in value 

 according to their weight. 



In great payments they make ufe of Ingots, that come to a hundred Franks 

 in value ; and they have little Pieces of Silver that are not worth above a 

 Sous. 



When they buy any Commodity, if they have not whole Pieces enough to 

 make up the fum , they have always inltruments ready, to cut off fo much 

 from a great piece as will perfect the payment. 



When the Chine fes, tranfport their Golden Loaves, or their Boats, into other 

 Countries, the Merchants cut them in the middle, not daring to truft the Chi- 

 nefes, who have often deceiv'd them j and none have been more cheated than 

 the Hollanders. For they have a way to (tuff their Loaves of Gold, infomuch 

 that you fhall fometimes find in the middle, a third part of Copper or Silver. 

 In all forts of Bargains the Chinejcs are fo cunning, that there are few ftran- 

 gers whom they do not over-reach ; efpecially^ in Batavia, the Hollanders 

 when they come firft. They carry their weights always along with them, 

 being like a Roman Beam, or a Stelleer, about eight Inches long, with which 

 they weigh all the Gold and Silver which they receive. As for the fmall Money 

 both in China and Tunqmrn, it is of Copper. It is made as in Fig. 4. They 

 alfo thread thefe pieces, there being a hole in the middle, 12,25, 5*°> an ^ 

 300 upon a firing ; becaufe they will not put themfelves to the trouble of 

 telïïrig them, when the number exceeds a dozen. 



T/je Cold and Silver Money cf Japon. 



ALL the Gold that comes from Japon, is of the fame goodnefs ; fbme- 

 what better than our Louis; and is about that goodnefs for which we 

 pay about fo Franks the Ounce. 



Fin. 1. This piece of Gold weighs one Ounce and fix Drams, at fifty Franks 

 the Ounce, comes to 87 Livres and 10 Sous. 



Fig. 2, and 3. Every one of thefe pieces is of Gold, and every one weighs 

 a third part of the gre?t one ; which is half an Ounce, and 48 Grains ; and 

 comes to 29 Livres, 3 Sous, and 4 Deneers. 



Fig. 4. This, fis it. is mark'd, is the backfide of the three pieces of Gold. . 

 Fig. and 6. are pieces of Silver of the fame weight 5 every one weigh- 

 ing 4 Grains lefs than our pieces of 30 Sous, though it go neverthelefs for 

 the fame value. As -for the Silver, it is the fame in goodnefs with our Mo- 

 ney. However, in the Territories of the Great Mogul, whither the Hollan- 

 ders carry all their Silver, their Bars, and fapon pieces, to coin them into Mo- 

 ney, fometimes they fell them to the Bankers, where they have no conve- 

 venience of coinage, as at Sttrat and jigra ; and thefe Bankers give them from 

 two to three in the hundred more than they will give for our Crowns^ &ix- 

 dollars, or Spanijh Reals. 



Fig. 7. is thé backfide of the two Silver pieces. 



The TortraiSture of the Silver Ingots of Japon, which go for Money. 



I Said before, that all the Silver that comes out of fapon, is equal in goodnefs to 

 our Crowns. 



Fig. 1. An Ingot of this form weighs feven ounces, at three Livres ten Sous 

 the ounce : the whole comes to twenty four Livres, and ten Sous. 



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