See Tables for London Gold/Silver c.1749-1811, from An account of the market prices of standard gold in bars; foreign (i.e. Portugal) gold in coin; standard silver in bars; and Spanish dollars, or pillar pieces of eight: with the courses of exchange with Hamburg, Lisbon, and Paris: from the 3d of Jan. 1718, to the 3d of Dec. 1736; and from the 3d of Jan. 1746, to the 1st of March 1811 inclusive: extracted from Castaing's and Lloyd's lists
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Where the Price of (New) Silver Dollars is stated at £ 0.2792/Ozt. (December 1799),
$1. (0.838063 Ozt) = £ 0.2340 ; 4 s. 8d.
USA:
France:
Spain:
1799:
Where 103.125 Marcs = 742.8223 Ozt Fine Ag, thus S$ 1. = 0.748223 Ozt Fine Ag, and assuming the Fineness @ o.89583333, the Gross Weight (115.1163 Marcs = 829.197 Ozt) corresponds to S$ 1. = 0.82919695 Ozt : just 30.15 Troy Grains light on 1,000 Dollars.
Citation: Manuel général pour les arbitrages de Changes, &c. (1800)
Germany:
Austria:
Russia:
1799 Rouble (Low): 1 руб Acc = £0.10
1799 Rouble: 1 руб Ag = £0.11916
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